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Examine the Verse - Luke 1:35
Consider the verse in detail in order to find out the true message or meaning.
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Examine the Verse
Luke 1:35
This verse is claimed to support the Trinitarian belief that God is the Triune God
by directly referencing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit at the same time.

  And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
(Luke 1:35, New King James Version)
 
  Trinitarian Belief in God and Jesus Christ:
 Trinitarians believe in the Trinity, that God is the "Triune God"
existing as three persons
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but one being. All three are
eternal with no beginning. M
embers of the Trinity are co-equal and co-eternal,
one in essence, nature, power, action, and will.
Trinitarians believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal second person "God the Son",
who took on a human body and nature and became both man and God. 
Thus is Jesus is fully man and fully God simultaneously.
 
  Apostle's admonition, warning and unique way of teaching:
1. No prophecy of scripture is a matter of personal interpretation. (II Pt. 1:20, NAB)
2. Do not go beyond  what is written. (I Cor. 4:6, NIV)
 3. We do not use words of human wisdom. We speak words given to us by the Spirit,
using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual truths. (1 Cor. 2:13, NLT)
 
  Points to Consider:  
  1.  Notice that the above verse does not say that God is a Trinity or God is the Triune God existing as three persons but one being?
2.  How can referencing the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit at the same time be made to mean that God is a Trinity or God is the Triune God? Does it mean that by mentioning the three in one verse make them one God?
3.  How can the above verse be understood to mean that God is a Trinity or Triune God when you cannot find any of the elements of the Trinity doctrine, like "co-equal and co-eternal, one in essence, nature, power, action, and will" in the verse?
4.  Is the verse really about the Trinity doctrine or something else?
 
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  Luke 1:35 in other versions of the Bible:  
 

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.   (King James Version)

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[a] the Son of God.  (New International Version)

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