Luke 1:70

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

📖 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 This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,
• Acts 3:21-24 : 21 This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets. 22 Moses said,‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. 23 Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’ 24 And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.
• Acts 28:25 : 25 So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement:“The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah
• Heb 3:7 : 7 Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!
• 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
• 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said,“Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• Gen 12:3 : 3 I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, so that all the families of the earth may receive blessing through you.”
• Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.
• 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The LORD’s Spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.
• Jer 23:5 : 5 “I, the LORD, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.
• Jer 30:10 : 10 So I, the LORD, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servants. Do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from a faraway land where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them.
• Dan 9:24-27 : 24 “Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place. 25 So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times. 26 Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”
• Mark 12:36 : 36 David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’
• Luke 24:26-27 : 26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”