Luke 1:34
“Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?””
What does Luke 1:34 mean?
Mary's question comes right after the angel Gabriel tells her she'll bear a son. Her response is honest and direct, not defiant, but genuinely trying to understand how this is physically possible given that she's a virgin and presumably not yet married. It's the kind of question anyone would ask when told something that seems to contradict reality. Luke records this detail to show that Mary wasn't passively accepting strange news without thought, but engaging with what she was hearing.