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31 Listen, you are going to become pregnant. You will have a son, and you must name Him “Savior,” or Jesus.[a] 32 Jesus will become the greatest among men. He will be known as the Son of the Highest God. God will give Him the throne of His ancestor David, 33 and He will reign over the covenant family of Jacob forever.

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  1. 1:31 Through the naming of Jesus, God is speaking prophetically about the role Jesus will play in our salvation.

31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.(A) 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.(B) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,(C) 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom(D) will never end.”(E)

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