Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 1:29-30
Luke 1:29-30. When she saw him she was troubled Διεταραχθη , disturbed or perplexed; at his saying A salutation so unusual from a being of a superior order (for such his form, which was more than human, bespoke him to be) put Mary into a great perturbation of spirit; and no wonder; for if Zacharias, a venerable and aged minister of God, and one accustomed to have intercourse with heaven, was amazed at the appearance of an angel, how much more might a young virgin be so, her sex... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 1:29
Troubled at his saying - Disturbed or perplexed at what he said. It was so unexpected, so sudden, so extraordinary, and was so high an honor, that she was filled with anxious thoughts, and did not know what to make of it.Cast in her mind - Thought, or revolved in her mind.What manner of salutation - What this salutation could mean. read more