Luke 1:70

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καθὼς ἐλάλησεν διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων τῶν ἀπʼ αἰῶνος προφητῶν αὐτοῦ:

Transliteration

As elalēsen dia stomatos of the hagiōn of the ap' aiōnos prophētōn of him:

Grammar Details

• *elalēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he/she/it spoke
• *dia*: preposition with genitive - through
• *stomatos*: genitive neuter singular - of mouth
• *hagiōn*: genitive masculine plural - of holy ones
• *ap'*: preposition with genitive - from
• *aiōnos*: genitive masculine singular - of age/eternity
• *prophētōn*: genitive masculine plural - of prophets

Word Meanings

• *elalēsen*: spoke/said/told
• *dia stomatos*: through the mouth of/by the mouth of
• *hagiōn*: holy ones/saints
• *ap' aiōnos*: from of old/since the beginning of time/from ancient times
• *prophētōn*: prophets/those who speak for God

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:2 : 2 (Which he had pmised afore by his pphets in the holy scriptures,)
• Acts 3:21-24 : 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. 22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
• Acts 28:25 : 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
• Heb 3:7 : 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
• 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
• 2 Pet 1:21 : 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.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy bthn that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Gen 12:3 : 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
• Jer 23:5 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
• Jer 30:10 : 10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
• Dan 9:24-27 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
• Mark 12:36 : 36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• Luke 24:26-27 : 26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.