Misinterpretations often portray the Holy Spirit's 'coming upon' Mary as a literal physical or sexual impregnation, reducing the divine miracle to something crude and sensual, rather than recognizing 'overshadow' as a metaphor for God's sovereign, supernatural power akin to the cloud over the tabernacle; others deny the virgin birth by claiming euphemistic language for relations with Joseph, undermining the passage's clear affirmation of Jesus' unique, sinless divinity and incarnation.
Luke 1:35
King James Version (1769)
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
The angel Gabriel explains to Mary the miraculous nature of Jesus' conception: the Holy Spirit will come upon her and the power of the Most High will overshadow her, ensuring the child born will be holy and called the Son of God, affirming the virgin birth and Christ's divine origin as both fully human and fully God without a human father.