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Luke 1:30
"And the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found favor with God’". ESV [you have found/heures-indicative, active. My emphasis].
Why would the angel say to Mary that she has done something [‘you have found’] when it is the the angel who is bringing the message from God?
Luke 1:26
"Gabriel was sent from God."
Being selected to be the mother of the Messiah is God’s choice. So why not a passive in Luke 1:30 as in e.g.
Matthew 1:18
"…before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit".
ESV. [ she was found/heurethe-indicative, passive].
In Luke 1:30 is not Mary the passive recipient of the angel’s message?
