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Luke 1:33

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

KJV

καὶ βασιλεύσει ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ἰακὼβ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, καὶ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔσται τέλος.

Greek NT

et regni ejus non erit finis.

Vulgate

and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

ASV

And of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
βασιλεύω
basileuo
verb · 21×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τέλος
telos
noun · 41×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
Ἰακώβ
iakob
noun · 27×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.

  • Isa 9:6 · allusion
    "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
    Isaiah: of his government there shall be no end — eternal throne
  • Dan 2:44 · allusion
    "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for …"
    Daniel: God will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed — Gabriel's word

Prophecy

Covenant

Historic Christian voices

13 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§494At the announcement that she would give birth to "the Son of the Most High" without knowing man, by the power of the Holy Spirit, Mary responded with the obedience of faith, certain that "with God nothing will be impossible": "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word."139 Thus, giving her consent to God's word, Mary becomes the mother…
§497The Gospel accounts understand the virginal conception of Jesus as a divine work that surpasses all human understanding and possibility:148 "That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit", said the angel to Joseph about Mary his fiancee.149 The Church sees here the fulfilment of the divine promise given through the prophet Isaiah: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bea…
§706Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.68 In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed. This progeny will be Christ himself,69 in whom the outpouring of the Holy Spirit will "gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad."70 God commits himself by his own solemn o…
…and 3 more from this source.
One and the same God, the Creator of heaven and earth, is He whom the prophets foretold, and who was declared by the Gospel. Proof of this, at the outset, from St. Matthew's Gospel. 1. This, therefore, having been clearly demonstrated here (and it shall yet be so still more clearly), that neither the prophets, nor the apostles, nor the Lord Christ in His own person, did acknowl…
Chapter 1.—Of the Creation of Angels and Men. As we promised in the immediately preceeding book, this, the last of the whole work, shall contain a discussion of the eternal blessedness of the city of God. This blessedness is named eternal, not because it shall endure for many ages, though at last it shall come to an end, but because, according to the words of the gospel, “of Hi…
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. This is one of the most glorious Messianic prophecies. The child born is also the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Calvin insists that these titles can belong to no mere man but only to Christ. His government and peace will have no end — a kingdom which is not of this world but is spiritual and eternal…
We believe in the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with glory and great power, to judge the living and the dead, and that His kingdom shall have no end. And we look for and expect the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven, in the glory of the Father, with the holy angels, and shall sit upon the throne o…
'I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant: Thy seed will I establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations.' See Ps. lxxxix. 3-4. God swore to David that his seed would sit upon his throne forever. And this is not fulfilled in any of David's natural descendants, for their kingdom ended with the Babylonian captivity and was never re…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:24 — Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
  • 2Sam 7:16 — And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
  • Dan 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
  • Dan 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever,
  • Dan 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,
  • Dan 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
  • Dan 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingd
  • Dan 7:18 — But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
  • Dan 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dom
  • Dan 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dom
  • Gal 3:29 — And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Gal 6:16 — And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
  • Heb 1:8 — But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
  • Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
  • Matt 28:18 — And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
  • Mic 4:7 — And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
  • Mic 4:7 — And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
  • Ps 45:6 — Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
  • Ps 61:7 — He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
  • Ps 89:35 — Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
  • Ps 89:36 — His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
  • Rev 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
  • Rev 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
  • Rev 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worship
  • Rev 22:3 — And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
  • Rom 9:6 — Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: