The same word for grace that was used to greet Mary by Gabriel, is the same word that Paul uses inspired by the Holy Spirit, in regard to all believers.
Mary and Grace
The word grace used in this passage in Luke is used in one other place in the Bible and that is Ephesians 1 where Paul is us that with this same grace, God has blessed us (believers) in the Beloved. IOW, we all have access to that grace and it has been bestowed on us all.
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Luke 1:28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
Ephesians 1:4-6 In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
Greek word “grace”
charitoó: to make graceful, endow with grace
Original Word: χαριτόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: charitoó
Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ee-to'-o)
Short Definition: I favor, bestow freely on
Definition: I favor, bestow freely on.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 5487 xaritóō (from 5486 /xárisma, "grace," see there) – properly, highly-favored because receptive to God's grace. 5487 (xaritóō) is used twice in the NT (Lk 1:28 and Eph 1:6), both times of God extending Himself to freely bestow grace (favor).
Word Origin: from charis
Definition: to make graceful, endow with grace
NASB Translation: favored (1), freely bestowed (1).
The great lapsed Catholic has weighed in. Drum roll please.
Good job. Same information given in my concordance but it was too late at night for me to figure out how to type in Greek.
Amazing discussion on the whole. If only people were as passionate about the last 40 years of child sacrifice that has the LORD God Almighty ready to release His wrath on the world. At least this era will be over and the future looks so amazingly wonderful with the true church being governed from its place of origin...JERUSALEM!
Scary thought, will the power be relinquished with joy? Will the gold be stripped and used to honor the Messiah who will rule the nations with a rod of iron?