Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?
Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"
And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Seeing I know not a man - Or, husband. As she was only contracted to Joseph, and not as yet married, she knew that this conception could not have yet taken place; and she modestly inquires by what means the promise of the angel is to be fulfilled in order to regulate her conduct accordingly.