<p>1:27 <i>To a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary</i>- As she was a betrothed virgin, we can assume she was still a teenager; as most girls were married by 20. She was &quot;of the house of David&quot; and therefore her child would have in any case been the legitimate Davidic king of Israel. Over 90% of Luke&rsquo;s Greek is taken from the Septuagint. All the time he is consciously and unconsciously alluding to the Old Testament as having its fulfilment in the things of Jesus. As an example of unconscious allusion, consider Lk. 1:27: &ldquo;A virgin betrothed to a man&rdquo;. This is right out of Dt. 22:23 LXX &ldquo;If there be a virgin betrothed to a man&hellip;&rdquo;. The context is quite different, but the wording is the same. And in many other cases, Luke picks up phraseology from the LXX apparently without attention to the context.</p>