Question 35

What is the meaning of these words “He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary”?

That God's eternal Son, who is, and continues¹¹²¹¹²    Rom. 1:4; Rom. 9:5. true and eternal God,¹¹³¹¹³    1 John 5:20; John 1:1; John 17:3; Rom. 1:3; Col. 1:15. took upon him the very nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary,¹¹⁴¹¹⁴    Gal. 4:4; Luke 1:31, 42, 43. by the operation of the Holy Ghost;¹¹⁵¹¹⁵    John 1:14; Matt. 1:18, 20; Luke 1:32, 35. that he might also be the true seed of David,¹¹⁶¹¹⁶    Ps. 132:11; Rom. 1:3; 2 Sam. 7:12; Acts 2:30. like unto his brethren in all things,¹¹⁷¹¹⁷    Philip. 2:7; Heb. 2:14, 17. sin excepted.¹¹⁸¹¹⁸    Heb. 4:15.