02_Feník Lapko_498-524_498-524 10/12/15 10:15 Pagina 504 504 JURAJ FENÍK – RÓBERT LAPKO 504 two women. Elizabeth’s speech (1,42-45) culminates in a macarism on behalf of Mary (1,45): kai. makari,a h` pisteu,sasa o[ti e;stai telei,wsij toi/j lelalhme,noij auvth/| para. kuri,ou. The macarism makes a retrospective reference to the angel’s announcement and Mary’s compliance with the words of the Lord, expressing these as ta. lelalhme,na auvth/| para. kuri,ou. The participle with the mor- pheme lal- referring to the things said, the dative auvth/| standing for the recipient of the words, and the genitive of agency para. kuri,ou indicating the author of the words converge to make clear that the Lord (through his messenger) has spoken to Mary, and so the repeatedly stressed aspect of annunciation in 1,26-38 is corrob- orated once again. Elizabeth knows that the Lord has spoken to Mary and explicitly points to this action of speaking in her praising Mary’s faith in the words of the Lord 11. The Lord is the one who has spoken and Mary the one who must have heard and, as a con- sequence, believed the words — Elizabeth’s words in 1,45 further support the repeatedly-gained impression that annunciation is the dominating thread in 1,26-38. To summarize, in 1,26-38 the evangelist recounts the first annun- ciation concerning the identity of the main hero of the gospel. The annunciation is communicated by the angel sent from God, is ad- dressed to the mother, and is crafted as a mosaic of christological affirmations. With the chart below outlining the key components of the above analysis, a concluding remark in this section might cir- cumspectly add that the angel has not painted the full christological profile. Other characters at further stages will apprise Mary of what she does not yet know about the identity and mission of her son. 11 Elizabeth’s words kai. makari,a h` pisteu,sasa o[ti e;stai telei,wsij toi/j lelalhme,noij auvth/| para. kuri,ou function as a narrative assessment of Mary’s reaction expressed in the sentence ge,noito, moi kata. to. r`h/ma, sou. Although the terminology of faith was not used in 1,26-38, it is in this sort of language that Mary’s submission to the words of the angel is inter- preted by her relative as an act of faith. Elizabeth’s words at the same time signal the equation between the angel’s words and the Lord’s words. The nar- rative logic has it that ta. lelalhme,na para. kuri,ou in 1,45 is a perfect match to to. r`h/ma, sou in 1,38.