23 Bible Verses about gabriel

"I am Gabriel," the angel answered, "who stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

When the angel spoke again: "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

"How can I be sure of this?" Zechariah asked the angel. "For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years."

And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when this takes place, because you did not believe what I said, though my words will be fulfilled in due course."

"I am the servant of the Lord," exclaimed Mary; "let it be with me as you have said." Then the angel left her.

Gabriel came into her presence and said: "Hail, you who have been highly favored! The Lord is with you."

Zechariah was startled at the sight and was awe-struck.

"Have no fear," the angel said. "For I bring you good news of a great joy in store for all the nation.

And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the Altar of Incense.

For no promise from God shall fail to be fulfilled."

He had been dwelling upon this, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

"The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'

The child shall be great and shall be called 'Son of the Most High,' and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David,

"How can this be?" Mary asked the angel. "For I have no husband."

Then the angel, whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the land, 'raised his right hand to the heavens,

Yet even Michael, the Archangel, when, in his dispute with the Devil, he was arguing about the body of Moses, did not venture to charge him with maligning, but said merely 'The Lord rebuke you!'

An angel of the Lord, however, opened the prison doors at night and led them out.

And now, you shall be with child and give birth to a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus.

I prostrated myself at the feet of him who spoke to worship him, but he said to me- - 'Forbear; I am your fellow-servant, and the fellow-servant of your Brothers who bear their testimony to Jesus. Worship God. For to bear testimony to Jesus needs the inspiration of the Prophets.'

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; he shall not drink any wine or strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth,

And shall reconcile many of the Israelites to the Lord their God.