Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VI/Peter of Alexandria/Fragments from the Writings of Peter/Part 9

IX.&#8212;From a Sermon.

In the meanwhile the evangelist says with firmness, &#8220;The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.&#8221; From this we learn that the angel, when he saluted the Virgin with the words, &#8220;Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee,&#8221; intended to signify God the Word is with thee, and also to show that He would arise from her bosom, and would be made flesh, even as it is written, &#8220;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.&#8221;