02_Feník Lapko_498-524_498-524 10/12/15 10:15 Pagina 505 505 ANNUNCIATIONS TO MARY IN LUKE 1–2 505 messenger act of speaking addressee message 1,30 o` a;ggeloj 1,30 ei=pen 1,30 auvth/| 1,30 eu-rej ga.r ca,rin para. tw/| qew/| 1,31 sullh,myh| te,xh| ui`on, kale,seij to. o;noma auvtou/ VIhsou/n 1,32 ou-toj e;stai me,gaj ui`oj. u`yi,stou klhqh,setai dw,sei auvtw/| ku,rioj o` qeo.j to.n qro,non Daui,d 1,33 basileu,sei evpi. to.n oi=kon VIakw,b th/j basilei,aj auvtou/ ouvk e;stai te,loj 1,35 o` a;ggeloj 1,35 ei=pen 1,35 auvth/| 1,35 pneu/ma a[gion evpeleu,setai evpi. se, 1,35 du,namij u`yi,stou evpiskia,sei soi to. gennw,menon a[gion klhqh,setai ui`oj. qeou/ II. Annunciation to Mary by the shepherds (2,8-20) The episode of Jesus’ birth in 2,1-7 gives way to the one de- scribing the aftermath of the birth in 2,8-20 with a heavenly angelic speaker and a group of proclaiming shepherds as its main protago- nists. The fundamental narrative dynamic of the passage consists of a message about the birth of Jesus and his identity, transmitted first from an unnamed angel and the accompanying angelic host to the shepherds, and then from the shepherds to those present at the birth scene, including Mary. In conjunction with 1,26-38, the peri- cope in 2,8-20 contains demonstrable characteristics of another an- nunciation to Mary, with the shepherds in the role of messengers. The argument holds that in this episode she becomes the recipient of another message about the identity of her child, this time chan- neled by the shepherds who arrive at the birth scene as bearers of the angel’s tidings. The annunciation character of the scene starts to surface in 2,10 in which the angel opens up his proclamation to the startled group (kai. ei=pen auvtoi/j o` a;ggeloj). The evangelist reports the angel’s direct speech beginning in 2,10b. The act of annunciation receives explicit highlighting through the spokesman’s own words (ivdou. ga.r euvaggeli,zomai u`mi/n). What the angel announces is the birth in the