Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 1:55

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

KJV

καθὼς ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, τῷ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

Greek NT

sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semini ejus in sæcula.

Vulgate

(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

ASV

As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σπέρμα
sperma
noun · 44×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

§722The Holy Spirit prepared Mary by his grace. It was fitting that the mother of him in whom "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily"102 should herself be "full of grace." She was, by sheer grace, conceived without sin as the most humble of creatures, the most capable of welcoming the inexpressible gift of the Almighty. It was quite correct for the angel Gabriel to greet her as…
§2619That is why the Canticle of Mary,91 The Magnificat (Latin) or Megalynei (byzantine) is the song both of the Mother of God and of the Church; the song of the Daughter of Zion and of the new People of God; the song of thanksgiving for the fullness of graces poured out in the economy of salvation and the song of the "poor" whose hope is met by the fulfillment of the promises made …
§2675Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the Churches developed their prayer to the holy Mother of God, centering it on the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries. In countless hymns and antiphons expressing this prayer, two movements usually alternate with one another: the first "magnifies" the Lord for the "great things" he did for h…

Cross-references

  • Deut 7:8 — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen,
  • Gal 3:16 — Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
  • Gal 3:16 — Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
  • Gen 17:19 — And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
  • Gen 17:21 — But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
  • Gen 22:18 — And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
  • Gen 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
  • Heb 1:1 — God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
  • Ps 105:6 — O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
  • Ps 132:11 — The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
  • Rom 11:28 — As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.