[SoothingDave]

Focus on the idea of "I know not a man". Present tense. Again "I know not a man", not "I will never know a man".

Why do you continue to make this point? I have ceded it.

Now focus on the rest of the statement. "How can this be?"

Do you have a rational answer for why an about-to-be-married woman would take this announcement in a non-natural conception way?

SD

[SoothingDave]

Re 49704

I think that it's pretty clear that the unamed disciple John is speaking of is himself, ... John.

I suppose it would be considered "arrogant" to point out that this is a nugget of wisdom passed down as Sacred Tradition and not as part of the text itself.

SD

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Do you have a rational answer for why an about-to-be-married woman would take this announcement in a non-natural conception way?

Any woman who's never had sex and is told they are going to have a baby is going to wonder "How can this be".

Have I mentioned "I know not a man" (present tense)?