Luke 1:70

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
As	καθὼς kathōs	G2531	just (or inasmuch) as · conjunction
spake	ἐλάλησεν elalēsen	G2980	to talk · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
by	διὰ dia	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
mouth	στόματος stomatos	G4750	the mouth (as if a gash in the face) · noun — genitive singular neuter
of	προφητῶν prophētōn	G4396	a foreteller ("prophet") · noun — genitive plural masculine
his	αὐτοῦ· autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
holy	ἁγίων hagiōn	G40	sacred (physically · adjective — genitive plural masculine
prophets	προφήτης prophḗtēs	G4396	a foreteller ("prophet")
which	τῶν tōn	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — genitive plural masculine
since	ἀπ᾽ ap᾽	G575	"off · preposition
began	αἰῶνος aiōnos	G165	properly · noun — genitive singular masculine

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Cross-references

Acts 3:21-24 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since…
Romans 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his hee…
Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the pe…
2 Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execut…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:67–end

We have here the song wherewith Zacharias praised God when his mouth was opened; in it he is said to prophesy (Luk 1:67), and so he did in the strictest sense of prophesying; for he foretold things to come concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, to which all the prophets bear witness. Observe, I. How he was qualified for this: He was filled with the Holy Ghost, was endued with more than ordinary measures and degrees of it, for this purpose; he was divinely inspired. God not only forgave him his unbelief and distrust (which was signified by discharging him from the punishment of it), but, as a specimen of the abounding of grace towards believers, he filled him with the Holy Ghost, and put this…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:70

since the world began--or, "from the earliest period."

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:69

And hath raised up a horn of salvation - That is, a mighty and glorious Savior: a quotation from Psa 18:2. Horns are the well known emblems of strength, glory, and power, both in the sacred and profane writers, because the strength and beauty of horned animals consist in their horns. Horns have also been considered as emblems of light; therefore the heathen god Apollo is represented with horns, to point out the power, glory, and excellence of the solar light. The Chaldee paraphrast sometimes translates קרן keren, horn, by מלכות malcuth, or מלכותא malcutha, Sa1 2:10; Jer 48:25, which signify a kingdom: but it is likely that the allusion is here made to the horns of the altar; and as the altar…

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John Gill on Luke 1:70

As he spake, by the mouth of his holy prophets,.... Which shows not only the veracity and faithfulness of God in his promises, but the early intimations that were given by him concerning the Messiah: for it follows, which have been since world began; or from the beginning of the world; ever since the first hint of the Messiah, as the seed of the woman, that should bruise the serpent's head, was given, he was more or less spoken of. Adam, the first prophet, seems to have respect to him, when he calls his wife Eve, which signifies life; and because she should be the mother of all living. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of him, of his second coming, which supposes his first; and Lamec…

The Church Fathers

(Victor Presbyter.) Whereby he means that God spoke through them, and that their speech was not of man.
— Ancient Greek Expositor ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

But he says, Which have been since the world began. Because all the Scriptures of the Old Testament were a constant prophecy of Christ. For both our father Adam himself, and the other fathers, by their deeds bore testimony to His dispensation.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old. From of old, he says, because the whole Scripture of the Old Testament proceeded as a prophecy about Christ. Not only Jeremiah, Daniel, and Isaiah, and others like them, who are specifically called prophets and spoke manifestly about his coming, but even father Adam, Abel, and Enoch, and other Patriarchs, by their own deeds bear witness to his dispensation. Whence the Lord himself, rebuking the hardness of the Jews, said: If you believed Moses, you might perhaps believe me also. For he wrote of me (John 5).
— Bede, On the Gospel of Luke

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
John the Baptist — The “forerunner of our Lord.” We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias, was a priest of the course of Abia (1 Chr.…
Songs — Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon…
Covenant, The · Fulfilled in Christ — Fulfilled in Christ
Holiness · Exemplified: Prophets — Exemplified: Prophets
Poetry · .Of Zacharias — .Of Zacharias
Promises Of God, The · Are: Fulfilled in Christ — Are: Fulfilled in Christ
Prophecy · .Inspired — .Inspired
Prophets · Were called: Holy prophets — Were called: Holy prophets
Psalms · Zacharias — Zacharias

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Luke 1:70

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:67–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:70

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:69

John Gill on Luke 1:70

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 1:70

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:67–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:70

Adam Clarke on Luke 1:69

John Gill on Luke 1:70

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 1:67-75

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 1:69