Luk 1:28 | RWP | e4.org | Highly favoured ( κεχαριτωμενη ). Perfect passive participle of χαριτοω and means endowed with grace ( χαρις ), enriched with grace as in , non ut mater gratiae, sed ut filia gratiae (Bengel). The Vulgate gratiae plena "is right, if it means 'full of grace which thou hast received '; wrong, if it means 'full of grace which thou hast to bestow "' (Plummer). The oldest MSS. do not have "Blessed art thou among women" here, but in verse .

‏ Luke 1:28

Highly favoured ( κεχαριτωμενη ). Perfect passive participle of χαριτοω and means endowed with grace ( χαρις ), enriched with grace as in Eph 1:6, non ut mater gratiae, sed ut filia gratiae (Bengel). The Vulgate gratiae plena "is right, if it means 'full of grace which thou hast received'; wrong, if it means 'full of grace which thou hast to bestow"' (Plummer). The oldest MSS. do not have "Blessed art thou among women" here, but in verse 42.