Mary (Luke 1:38) ". . .And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her."(KJV)
"Behold the Handmaid (or Bond Slave) of the Lord. Be it done to me according to your word."
Ancilla Domini is Latin for handmaid of the Lord as in the scripture passage: Ecce ancilla Domini, fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum which means "behold the handmaid of the Lord, May it be done to me according to Your word. "
The verse in the Bible when the Virgin Mary agreed to carry Jesus in her womb is Luke 1:38: "Mary said, 'Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.'"
"Behold, the Handmaid (or Bond slave) of the Lord. Be it done to me, according to your word."
A Servant of the Lord
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Mary said" I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done onto me" that allowed Jesus to be born.
When the angel of the Lord appeared to her to tell her that she would bear a child who would be the Son of God, she answered, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word."--New American Bible She accepted the task that God had given her, and throughout Jesus' life she remained devoted and loyal to him.
ancilla domini is Latin for "handmaid of the Lord"
Matthew 8:2 "And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." KJV
It means "Behold the Handmaid of the Lord", and is the title of a famous painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti created in 1849-1850 hanging in the Tate Britain in London. Addition: The words are traditionally the Virgin Mary's answer to the Archangel Gabriel in the Annunciation.
Luke 19:8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."