King James Version
Luke 1:70 in the King James Version says “As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:” — study this verse from Luke chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:”
Luke 1:70 · KJV
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people ,
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the mouth”
G4750the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or e
“holy”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
“have been since”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“the world began”
G165properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (jewish) a messianic period (present or future)
“prophets”
G4396a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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