Mankind had lost the gift of eternal life through the sin of Adam and Eve, but Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, "for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary: and was made man" (Nicene Creed). Christ, the second Adam, through his sacrifice on the Cross, washed away the sin of the first Adam and regained the gift of eternal life for all mankind. On the day of the Incarnation, when God was made flesh, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that she had been chosen to bear the Son of God (Luke 1:26-38). In the simplest representations of this "Annunciation," the figures of Gabriel and Mary appear without any indication of setting, although Luke specifically mentions that "the angel came in unto her." Mary is often pensive, because when Gabriel appeared he said, "Hail thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women," and Mary "was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be." In the more illusionistic depictions of the scene, Mary is shown indoors or in a kind of porch and may be represented in an attitude of humility, with her hands crossed on her breast as though saying: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word." A dove is sometimes shown hovering over her as an indication of the very moment of incarnation through the Holy Ghost.