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Zechariah’s Song

Luke 1:70

In 9 translations

BSB
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
KJV
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
WEB
(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
ASV
(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
LSV
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, || Which have been from the age;
YLT
As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;
DBY
as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;
DRC
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning:
GNV
As he spake by ye mouth of his holy Prophets, which were since the world began, saying,

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τῶν (“of the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἁγίων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἁγίων; Robinson–Pierpont add τῶν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καθὼς ἐλάλησεν διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων ἀπʼ αἰῶνος προφητῶν αὐτοῦ,
RP2018
καθὼς ἐλάλησεν διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων τῶν ἀπ’ αἰῶνος προφητῶν αὐτοῦ-
TR-Boyd
καθὼς ἐλάλησε διὰ στόματος τῶν ἁγίων τῶν ἀπ᾿ αἰῶνος προφητῶν αὐτοῦ —
SCR1894
καθως ελαλησεν δια στοματος των αγιων των απ αιωνος προφητων αυτου

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◆ Birth of John the Baptist

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 3:21–24Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from…
  • 2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
  • Romans 1:2the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
  • Jeremiah 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will…
  • Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
  • Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
  • Acts 28:25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
  • 1 Peter 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look…
  • Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
  • Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  • Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
  • Luke 24:26–27Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
  • 2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
  • Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
  • Daniel 9:24–27Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and…
  • Mark 12:36Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

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