There are some that say that the Bible really
says very little about Mary. However, that is
quite contrary to the truth. There are actually
a lot of references to Our Lady. For some of
these references, you have to do a little bit of
digging.
Let’s start at the beginning of the Bible. She
is first mentioned in Genesis 3:15, as the
Woman whose offspring (Jesus) will crush
the head of the serpent (Satan).
Genesis 3:15:

“I will put enmity between
you and the woman, and
between your seed and
her seed; he shall bruise
your head, and you
shall bruise his heel.”
We see her, again, in a prophecy in the book
of Isaiah.

Isaiah 7:14:
“Therefore the Lord
himself shall give you a
sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son,
and shall call his
name Immanuel.”

However, we find most of our references to
Mary in the Gospels, probably mostly
because she lived during the time that
the New Testament depicts to us. We see
many glimpses into the mystery of this
masterpiece of God’s creation. Catholics hold
that Mary was born free of sin thus making
her fit enough to bear God’s only son. First,
she is greeted by the Angel Gabriel. How did
the Angel greet her?

Luke 1:28:
“Hail Mary, Full of Grace,
the Lord is with thee!
Blessed art thou among
women!”


This translation is very familiar to Catholics
and the Bible, but let’s take a look at how
other translations read Luke 1:28.

KJV:
“…Hail, thou that art
highly favoured, the Lord
is with thee: blessed art
thou among women.”


RSV:
“Hail, O favored one, the
Lord is with you!”
NIV:
“Greetings, you who are
highly favored! The Lord
is with you.”
It seems a great deal of effort is being put in
place to minimize Gabriel’s greeting to her.
However, we can know that the greeting was
unusual and astounding because of Mary’s
reaction to it no matter what translation one
uses.


Luke 1:29:
“But she was greatly
troubled at the saying,
and considered in her
mind what sort of greeting
this might be.”


What those other translations take great
pains to hide is that Gabriel said she was
“full of grace”. It was, indeed, an unusual
greeting. What does this passage mean? It
means she was 100% filled with sanctifying
grace, with no blemish on her soul. It means
that we have proof of her immaculate
conception (which is when she was
conceived by her mother and not when she
conceived Jesus)


WHAT ELSE DOES THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MARY

It tells us that she is the mother of God in no
uncertain terms.
Matthew 1:20:
“But as he considered
this, behold, an angel of
the Lord appeared to him
in a dream, saying,
‘Joseph, son of David, do
not fear to take Mary
your wife, for that which
is conceived in her is of
the Holy Spirit.’”
Matthew 2:11
“…and going into the
house they saw the child
with Mary his mother, and
they fell down and
worshiped him. Then,
opening their treasures,
they offered him gifts,
gold and frankincense and
myrrh.”
Obviously if you are already a Christian then
you know that this worship is not in vain
since we are all taught that Mary was the
mother of Jesus.
And here is another Catholic favorite:


Luke 1:41-43:
“And when Elizabeth
heard the greeting of
Mary, the babe leaped in
her womb; and Elizabeth
was filled with the Holy
Spirit and she exclaimed
with a loud cry, “BLESSED
ARE YOU AMONG
WOMEN, AND BLESSED IS
THE FRUIT OF YOUR
WOMB!! [emphasis added]



And why is this granted
me, that the mother of my
Lord should come to me?”
Now, if Mary is “just another woman,” why
would Elizabeth be in awe that she was
granted a visit from “the mother of my lord?”
It just doesn’t make sense that if Mary is any
old person and not to be revered in some
way that she is treated with such respect
and has many honors bestowed upon her
such as being “full of grace” and the other
examples given.


The Bible shows us that Mary was the
perfect example of obedience and humility.

Luke 1:38:
“And Mary said, ‘Behold, I
am the handmaid of the
Lord; let it be to me
according to your word.’
And the angel departed
from her.”

It tells us how Mary meditated on all of
God’s words and actions.

Luke 2:19:
“But Mary kept all these
things, pondering them in
her heart.”

It tells us that Jesus was obedient to her.

Luke 2:51:
“And he went down with
them and came to
Nazareth, and was
obedient to them.”

It tells us that Jesus first Public miracle,
even before His time, was performed because
she asked it of Him.

John 2:3-10:
“When the wine failed, the
mother of Jesus said to
him, ‘They have no wine.’
And Jesus said to her, ‘O
woman, what have you to
do with me? My hour has
not yet come.’ His mother
said to the servants, ‘Do
whatever he tells you.’
Now six stone jars were
standing there, for the
Jewish rites of
purification, each holding
twenty or thirty gallons.
Jesus said to them,
‘Fill the jars with water.’
And they filled them up to
the brim. He said to them,
‘Now draw some out, and
take it to the steward
of the feast.’ So they took
it. When the steward of
the feast tasted the water
it now become wine, and
did not know where
it came from (though the
servants who had drawn
the water knew), the
steward of the feast
called the bridegroom and
said to him, ‘Every man
serves the good wine first;
and when men have drunk
freely, then the poor wine;
but you have kept the
good wine until now.’”

Some say that Jesus was rebuking Mary by
calling her “woman,” but that is another
issue best left for another time.
It tells us how Mary was anguished when
she could not find her son for 3 days.
Luke 2:46-49:
“After three days they
found him in the temple,
sitting among the
teachers, listening to
them and asking them
questions; and all who
heard him were amazed
at his understanding and
his answers. And when
they saw him they were
astonished; and
his mother said to him,
“Son, why have you
treated us so? Behold,
your father and I have
been looking for you
anxiously.” And he said to
them, ‘How is it that you
sought me? Did you not
know that I must be in
my Father’s house?’”

It tells us that she came to see Him while He
ministered.


Matthew 12:46:
“While he was still
speaking to the people,
behold, his mother and
his brothers stood
outside, asking to speak
to him.” *Note: “brothers”
here means relatives…i.e.
cousins
[related: Brothers of
Jesus? ]
It tells us that a “sword would pierce her
soul” (her pain of Christ’s passion), in order
that the heart’s of many would be revealed!


Luke 2:34-35:
“…and Simeon blessed
them and said to Mary
his mother, ‘Behold, this
child is set for the fall and
rising of many in
Israel and for a sign that
is spoken against (and a
sword will pierce through
your own soul also), that
thoughts out of many
hearts may be revealed.’”

It tells us that “all generations would call her
“blessed” yet this is not carried out today by
some “Christians” as they tend to disregard
Mary as ever being important.


Luke 1:48:
“…for he has regarded the
low estate of his
handmaiden. For behold,
henceforth all generations
will call me blessed.”

It tells us that Mary stood at the very foot of
the cross as her Holy Son died. And He gave
her to us as a spiritual mother.

John 19:25-27:
“So the soldiers did this.
But standing by the cross
of Jesus were his mother,
and his mother’s sister,
Mary the wife of Clopas,
and Mary Magdalene.
When Jesus saw his
mother, and the disciple
whom he loved standing
near, he said to his
mother, ‘Woman, behold,
your son!’ Then he said to
the disciple, ‘Behold, your
mother!’ And from that
hour the disciple took her
to his own home.”

It tells us that when the apostles prayed in
the upper room that, again, she was with
them.


Acts 1:13-14:
“…and when they had
entered, they went up to
the upper room, where
they were staying, Peter
and John and James and
Andrew, Philip and
Thomas, Bartholomew
and Matthew, James the
son of Alphaeus and
Simon the Zealot and
Judas the son of James.
All these with one accord
devoted themselves to
prayer, together with the
women and Mary the
mother of Jesus, and with
his brothers.”

She is mentioned, yet again, by Paul.
Galatians 4:4:
“But when the time had
fully come, God sent forth
his Son, born of woman,
born under the law…”

Finally, we reach the book of Revelation
where she is shown most compellingly in
chapters 11 & 12. It is here, that we
are given an eye-opening view of just who
she is. Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant.
Everything in the OLD Covenant is a
foreshadowing of the new. The Ark of the
Covenant held the ‘Word of God’, both in
the OLD Covenant (the Torah) and the new
(Jesus). Read the first few lines of the
Gospel of John. Jesus is the Word, the
Word made flesh, so wouldn’t he deserve an
ark as well? The Ark was so holy it wasn’t
even to be touched. Those who had the
Ark with them were never defeated. Make no
mistake, The Ark of the Covenant, and the
queen of the apostles (the 12 stars
in Revelation) is Mary.


Revelation 11:19-12:2:
“Then God’s temple in
heaven was opened, and
the ark of his covenant
was seen within his
temple; and there were
flashes of lightning,
voices, peals of thunder,
an earthquake, and heavy
hail. And a great portent
appeared in heaven, a
woman clothed with the
sun, with the moon under
her feet, and on her head
a crown of twelve stars;
she was with child and
she cried out in her pangs
of birth, in anguish for
delivery.”
We know that the woman is Mary because
we can see who her son is.
Revelation 12:5:
“She brought forth a male
child, one who is to rule
all the nations with a rod
of iron, but her child was
caught up to God and to
his throne…”


Then, we are told that the dragon wages war
with HER and HER children, who are the true
believers of God.


Revelation 12:17:
“Then the dragon was
angry with the woman,
and went off to make war
on the rest of her
offspring, on those who
keep the commandments
of God and bear testimony
to Jesus.”

This last passage not only shows proof of
Mary in the Bible and her importance, but it
shows that all followers of Christ, all
Christians, are children of Mary as well as we
already know that we are children of God.
The grammar and syntax of that passage do
not say otherwise. “Her offspring” refers to
the statement that immediately comes after
the comma of that statement. “Her offspring”
are the followers of Jesus Christ. We are new
people reborn in Christ through baptism, thus
his Father becoming our Father and only
logically his mother becoming our mother.
It is all there in the Bible. You see, for
reasons I can not explain, some people are
so convinced that Catholics worship Mary,
that they overreact and commit what I feel is
a grave sin. Mary is reduced to the role of an
insignificant player in God’s plan that God
used and then threw away! People like to say
that none of this is on the Bible, but it was
clearly demonstrated above that many and
all Marian ideas are straight from Scripture!
Now, I ask you? Can you think of a
single other example, in Scripture, where God
uses someone once then casts them aside
like yesterday’s newspaper?

While you ponder that, here are a few other
things to may make one stop and think about
for a moment:

1. The Bible says Jesus “… grew and
became strong, filled with wisdom; and
the favor of God was upon him. ” (Luke
2:40) Who taught him, and helped Him
grow strong? While realizing that He
had a Divine nature, we sometimes lose
sight of the fact that He was fully
human as well! He was a human who
had to learn to talk, to walk and, yes,
even to pray.
This paradox
seems inconceivable to us, but
Scripture tells us that Jesus was like
us IN ALL THINGS except sin. So Mary
bore Him, fed Him, clothed Him, bathed
Him and taught Him; all the things a
mother would do. And some would like
to go on like none of this is important.


2. Jesus was the perfect man. As the
perfect man, He would have perfectly
obeyed the law, yes? Well, the law
(Torah) says “honor your father and
mother.” Jesus would not only honor
her, but He would do it perfectly. If
Jesus, the perfect man (and God)
honors Mary, how can we do wrong by
doing so? Now, some will say Catholics
cross the line and worship Mary but
that’s absurd and results from an
incorrect view of worship.

3. Remember dat an angel will angel will deliver Gods message without any addition or subtrCtion...For God to have honourred mary through angel gabriels greeting is anothet wonderful reason..If God being a supreme being can honor mary...How much e mere humans

4. Jesus is the only person, in all of
history, with the ability to choose His
mother. That He chose Mary is
reason enough for me!

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