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What Does “Fiat” Mean in the Bible?

Latin for “let it be done.” It is Mary’s answer to the angel: “May it be done to me according to your word.”

Where it appears in the Bible

Luke 1:38; Matthew 6:10

What the Bible says

Luke 1:38

And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Matthew 6:10

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Luke 1:38

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