02_Feník Lapko_498-524_498-524 10/12/15 10:15 Pagina 502 502 JURAJ FENÍK – RÓBERT LAPKO 502 of the message, the evangelist in 1,35 adopts the same introductory frame as at the beginning of the first part in 1,30 in that he unam- biguously and with the same vocabulary identifies the messenger (o` a;ggeloj) and the addressee (auvth/)| , pinpointing the act of speak- ing as well (ei=pen). The angelic annunciation is made to continue, and its next segment (1,35) contains two verbs in future tense that answer Mary’s question from the preceding verse: the Holy Spirit will come upon her (evpeleu,setai) and the power of the Most High will overshadow her (evpiskia,sei). The exclusive vertical relation- ship God-Mary represents the content of this segment, just as the exclusive liaison Mary-Jesus defined the first segment in the first part of the annunciation (1,31). Thereupon the angel adds the final piece of information about the child to be born, again with a verb in future tense: he will be called (klhqh,setai) the son of God. Mary’s query from 1,34 has been answered and the initial informa- tion about the promised child has been transmitted. For the purposes at hand, it appears by all means necessary to scrutinize the final segment of the angel’s speech in 1,37 and Mary’s ensuing assent in 1,38. The reason is simple: both verses feature an explicit reference to what is spoken, expressed through the use of the noun r`h/ma 8. This reinforces the observation that an- nunciation forms a prominent strand in the narrative. In 1,37 the angel explains why Elizabeth was able to conceive: because no word (r`h/ma) will be impossible with God. Although it may be rightly claimed that the term r`h/ma “here [...] carries the Septua- Une apocalypse aux origines de l’Évangile (LD 106; Paris 1981) 97, Mary’s question is in the text “pour relancer le dialogue vers des explications plus profondes”. F. BOVON, Luke 1. A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 1:1 − 9:50 (Minneapolis, MN 2002) 44, is therefore right to assert that we are deal- ing with “a double announcement in 1:26-38”. Or, one may follow J.A. FITZMYER, The Gospel According to Luke (I−IX). Introduction, Translation, and Notes (AB 28; New York 1981) 337-38, in speaking of two stages in the child’s identification. 8 As shown by the statistic provided by N. NEUMANN, Lukas und Menip- pos. Hoheit und Niedrigkeit in Lk 1,1 ‒ 2,40 und in der menippeischen Liter- atur (NTOA 68; Göttingen 2008) 152, Luke’s infancy narrative features the highest concentration of the noun r`h/ma in the NT (Lk 1,37.38.65; 2,15.17.19.29.50.51). Even though it must be conceded that, obviously, not every instance stands for an annunciation, the cluster of r`h/ma occurrences indirectly confirms the importance of annunciation in these chapters.