Conception of Christ

Conception of Christ

(1.) This was supernatural, by the agency of the Holy Spirit (Lu 1:35; Mt 1:20).

(2.) It was without the communication of original depravity (Heb 7:26; Heb 4:15, etc.). For some of the literature of the subject, see Volbeding, Index Dissert. p. 9; Meyer, Kommentar, 1:54 sq. SEE CHRIST, PERSON OF.