Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 1:37

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

KJV

ὅτι οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πᾶν ῥῆμα.

Greek NT

quia non erit impossibile apud Deum omne verbum.

Vulgate

For no word from God shall be void of power.

ASV

Because no word shall be impossible with God.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀδυνατέω
adunateo
verb · 2×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Gen 18:14 · echo
    "Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son."
    Genesis: is anything too hard for the Lord — nothing is impossible with God

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τοῦ θεοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῦ θεοῦ | RP: τῷ θεῷ
  • τοῦ θεοῦ — SBLGNT
  • τοῦ θεοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τῷ θεῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§148The Virgin Mary most perfectly embodies the obedience of faith. By faith Mary welcomes the tidings and promise brought by the angel Gabriel, believing that "with God nothing will be impossible" and so giving her assent: "Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word."12 Elizabeth greeted her: "Blessed is she who believed that there would be…
§269The Holy Scriptures repeatedly confess the universal power of God. He is called the "Mighty One of Jacob", the "LORD of hosts", the "strong and mighty" one. If God is almighty "in heaven and on earth", it is because he made them.105 Nothing is impossible with God, who disposes his works according to his will.106 He is the Lord of the universe, whose order he established and whi…
§273Only faith can embrace the mysterious ways of God's almighty power. This faith glories in its weaknesses in order to draw to itself Christ's power.113 The Virgin Mary is the supreme model of this faith, for she believed that "nothing will be impossible with God", and was able to magnify the Lord: "For he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name."114
…and 5 more from this source.
Summa Theologica · 3 passages
Is there power in God? Is His power infinite? Is He omnipotent? Could He make the past not to have been? Could He do what He does not, or not do what He does? Could He make better what He makes? Article 1. Whether there is power in God? Objection 1. It seems that power is not in God. For as primary matter is to power, so God, who is the first agent, is to act. But primary matte…
Is it befitting to a Divine Person to assume? Is it befitting to the Divine nature? Can the nature abstracted from the Personality assume? Can one Person assume without another? Can each Person assume? Can several Persons assume one individual nature? Can one Person assume two individual natures? Was it more fitting for the Person of the Son of God to assume human nature than f…
Was it necessary for Christ to suffer for men's deliverance? Was there any other possible means of delivering men? Was this the more suitable means? Was it fitting for Christ to suffer on the cross? The extent of His sufferings Was the pain which He endured the greatest? Did His entire soul suffer? Did His Passion hinder the joy of fruition? The time of the Passion The place Wa…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 17:16 — And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
  • 2Kgs 3:18 — And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
  • Dan 3:17 — If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
  • Dan 6:20 — And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able t
  • Gen 18:14 — Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Gen 18:14 — Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
  • Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
  • Jer 32:27 — Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
  • Job 13:2 — What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
  • Luke 18:27 — And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
  • Luke 18:27 — And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
  • Mark 10:27 — And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
  • Mark 10:27 — And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
  • Mark 12:24 — And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
  • Matt 17:20 — And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall
  • Matt 19:26 — But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
  • Matt 19:26 — But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
  • Matt 22:29 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • Num 11:23 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
  • Num 11:23 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
  • Num 22:28 — And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
  • Phil 3:21 — Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
  • Rom 4:21 — And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
  • Zech 8:6 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Zech 8:6 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.