Luke 1:76

Geneva Bible (1560)

And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ σύ, παιδίον, προφήτης Ὑψίστου κληθήσῃ: προπορεύσῃ γὰρ πρὸ προσώπου Κυρίου ἑτοιμάσαι ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ·

Transliteration

And you, paidion, prophētēs Hypsistou klēthēsē: proporeusē for pro prosōpou Kyriou hetoimasai hodous of him;

Grammar Details

• *paidion*: vocative neuter singular - little child
• *prophētēs*: nominative masculine singular - prophet
• *Hypsistou*: genitive masculine singular - of Most High
• *klēthēsē*: future passive indicative, 2nd person singular - you will be called
• *proporeusē*: future middle indicative, 2nd person singular - you will go before
• *pro*: preposition with genitive - before
• *prosōpou*: genitive neuter singular - of face
• *Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - of Lord
• *hetoimasai*: aorist active infinitive - to prepare
• *hodous*: accusative feminine plural - ways/roads

Word Meanings

• *paidion*: little child/infant/child
• *prophētēs*: prophet/one who speaks for God
• *Hypsistou*: Most High/Highest/Supreme
• *klēthēsē*: you will be called/you will be named
• *proporeusē*: you will go before/you will precede/you will go ahead
• *pro prosōpou*: before the face of/ahead of
• *Kyriou*: of Lord/of YHWH/of the Master
• *hetoimasai*: to prepare/to make ready
• *hodous*: ways/roads/paths

Referenced Verses

• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lorde whom ye seeke, shall speedely come to his Temple: euen the messenger of the couenant whom ye desire: beholde, he shall come, sayth the Lord of hostes.
• Luke 1:32 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lorde God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid.
• Mark 1:2-3 : 2 As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3 The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
• Acts 16:17 : 17 She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God, which shewe vnto you the way of saluation.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 And the Angel answered, & said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.
• Matt 3:3 : 3 For this is he of whome it is spoken by the Prophet Esaias, saying, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his pathes straight.
• Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet. 10 For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• Matt 14:5 : 5 And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.
• Matt 21:26 : 26 And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.
• Matt 3:11 : 11 In deede I baptize you with water to amendement of life, but he that commeth after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthie to beare: hee will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.
• Mal 4:5 : 5 Beholde, I will sende you Eliiah the Prophet before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lord.
• Ps 87:5 : 5 And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.
• Isa 40:3-5 : 3 A voyce cryeth in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make streight in the desert a path for our God. 4 Euery valley shall be exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shall be made lowe: and the crooked shalbe streight, & the rough places plaine. 5 And the glory of the Lord shalbe reueiled, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
• Luke 3:4-6 : 4 As it is written in the booke of the sayings of Esaias the Prophet, which saith, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes is, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight. 5 Euery valley shalbe filled, and euery mountaine and hill shall be brought lowe, and crooked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes shalbe made smoothe. 6 And all flesh shall see the saluation of God.
• Luke 6:35 : 35 Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.
• Luke 7:27-28 : 27 This is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 For I say vnto you, there is no greater Prophet then Iohn, among them that are begotten of women: neuerthelesse, hee that is the least in the kingdome of God, is greater then he.
• John 1:23 : 23 He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
• John 1:27 : 27 He it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie to vnloose.
• John 3:28 : 28 Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.
• Acts 13:24-25 : 24 When Iohn had first preached before his coming the baptisme of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And when Iohn had fulfilled his course, he saide, Whom ye thinke that I am, I am not he: but beholde, there commeth one after me, whose shooe of his feete I am not worthy to loose.
• Mark 11:32 : 32 But if we say, Of men, we feare the people: for all men counted Iohn, that he was a Prophet in deede.
• Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turne to their Lord God. 17 For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.