02_Feník Lapko_498-524_498-524 10/12/15 10:15 Pagina 522 522 JURAJ FENÍK – RÓBERT LAPKO 522 of this pericope among the annunciation scenes have been noted here and are outlined below. messenger act of speaking addressee message 2,49 (Jesus) 2,49 ei=pen 2,49 pro.j auvtou,j 2,49 evn toi/j tou/ patro,j mou dei/ (Mary) ei=nai, me V. Four Annunciations to Mary in Lk 1‒2 By revisiting Luke’s infancy narrative, this essay has uncovered a chain of four scenes governed by the dynamic of an annunciation to Mary. The scenes in question involve a divinely commissioned character to whom the role of promulgating a message to Mary is attributed by the evangelist. The identification of the messenger, the verb of speaking, Mary as the addressee, and the message stretch across the foregoing pages. Gabriel, the shepherds, Simeon, and Jesus emerge in the course of narrated action to make an annunciation to Mary. Sequentially, they replace one another, each functioning in only one scene and delivering just one announcement. The emissaries appear in differ- ent settings: while Gabriel comes to Nazareth and the shepherds arrive at the birth scene in Bethlehem, Simeon and Jesus address Mary in the Jerusalem temple. This signals that Mary is informed about her son through various channels and in several settings on different occasions, both before and after the birth. The above characters function as messengers in Luke’s strategy. Each appears as the subject of a verb of speaking, with the remainder of the pericope containing terminological clues within the speaking activity of the messenger. Gabriel is credited with the role of speaking in 1,30 (ei=pen) and 1,35 (ei=pen). His diction receives highlighting in Mary’s re- sponse in 1,38 (kata. to. r`hm / a, sou) and in Elizabeth’s macarism in 1,45 (toi/j lelalhme,noij auvth/)| . The speaking function of the shepherds is likewise easily verifiable. They arrive at the birth scene divulging the heavenly message in 2,17 (evgnw,risan). Those who hear them wonder at the things said in 2,18 (peri. tw/n lalhqe,ntwn), while Mary treasures those words in her heart (ta. r`hm, ata tau/ta). Simeon also emerges as a speaker. Even though he first speaks addressing God in 2,28 (euvlo,ghsen to.n qeo.n kai. ei=pen), Jesus’ mother hears his proclamation, for in 2,33 she and her husband react in wonder evpi. toi/j laloume,noij. For the sec- ond time, Simeon is made into a subject of speaking in 2,34 (kai. ei=pen).