[1:38] 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
[1:38] 3 tn Traditionally, “handmaid”; Grk “slave woman.” Though δούλη (doulh) is normally translated “woman servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free woman serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times… in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v. δοῦλος). The most accurate translation is “bondservant,” sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος (doulos), in that it often indicates one who sells himself or herself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.
[1:38] 4 tn Grk “let this be to me.”
[1:38] 5 sn The remark according to your word is a sign of Mary’s total submission to God’s will, a response that makes her exemplary.
[1:38] 6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[1:45] 7 sn Again the note of being blessed makes the key point of the passage about believing God.
[1:45] 8 tn This ὅτι (Joti) clause, technically indirect discourse after πιστεύω (pisteuw), explains the content of the faith, a belief in God’s promise coming to pass.
[1:45] 9 tn That is, “what was said to her (by the angel) at the Lord’s command” (BDAG 756 s.v. παρά A.2).
[1:45] 10 tn Grk “that there would be a fulfillment of what was said to her from the Lord.”
[1:45] sn This term speaks of completion of something planned (2 Chr 29:35).
