Luke 1:70
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
KJV
καθὼς ἐλάλησεν διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων ἀπ’ αἰῶνος προφητῶν αὐτοῦ,
Greek NT
sicut locutus est per os sanctorum, qui a sæculo sunt, prophetarum ejus :
Vulgate
(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
ASV
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
στόμα
stoma
noun · 78×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἁγίων | WH/Treg/NIV: ἁγίων | RP: + τῶν
- ἁγίων — SBLGNT
- ἁγίων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:15 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
- 2Pet 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.
- 2Pet 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.
- 2Pet 3:2 — That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
- Acts 3:21 — 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 the world began.
- Acts 3:21 — 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 the world began.
- Isa 48:5 — I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded
- John 6:45 — It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
- Mark 1:2 — As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Num 10:9 — And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from y
- Rev 22:6 — And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
- Rom 1:2 — (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
- Rom 1:2 — (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
- Rom 15:8 — Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: