Luke 1:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 26,27. In the sixth month, that is, after Elisabeth's conception; thus it is expounded afterward, Luke 1:36. The angel Gabriel, the same angel that had appeared in the temple to Zacharias, who seemeth to have had a special ministration with reference to that part of God's will which was predictive of the Messias; he was sent from God (without whose command the angels do not move) unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth. There Joseph lived; from thence he went, Luke 2:4. The angel came to the virgin, who is here described by her name, Mary, and her relation, she was espoused to one Joseph, who is said to be of the house of David. Matthew reduces his genealogy to prove him to be so.