Luke 1:70

Good News Translation

He promised through his holy prophets long ago

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
just as he spoke by the mouthof his holy prophets in ancient times;

King James Version (1611)
And hath raised vp an horne of saluation for vs, in the house of his seruant Dauid,

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

English Standard Version
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

New American Standard Bible
Just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient times—

New Century Version
He said that he would do this through his holy prophets who lived long ago:

Amplified Bible
Just as He promised by the mouth of His holy prophets from the most ancient times—

New American Standard Bible (1995)
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old—

Legacy Standard Bible
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old—

Berean Standard Bible
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

Contemporary English Version
Long ago the Lord promised by the words of his holy prophets

Complete Jewish Bible
It is just as he has spoken through the mouth of the prophets from the very beginning —

Darby Translation
as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what he promised through his holy prophets long ago.

Geneva Bible (1587)
As he spake by ye mouth of his holy Prophets, which were since the world began, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
Just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been for ages,

Lexham English Bible
just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times—

Literal Translation
even as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from the age before :

American Standard Version
(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

Bible in Basic English
(As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)

Hebrew Names Version
(As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

International Standard Version
just as he promised long ago throughJeremiah 23:5-6; 30:10; Daniel 9:24; Acts 3:21; Romans 1:2;">[xr] the mouth of his holy prophets

Etheridge Translation
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, Who have been from of old,

Murdock Translation
as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who were of old,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes, whiche were sence the worlde began.

English Revised Version
(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets which have been since the world began),

World English Bible
(As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies,

Weymouth's New Testament
As He has spoken from all time by the lips of His holy Prophets--

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
As he spak bi the mouth of hise hooli prophetis, that weren fro the world.

Update Bible Version
(As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

Webster's Bible Translation
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began:

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

New King James Version
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began,

New Living Translation
just as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.

New Life Bible
His holy early preachers told us this long ago.

New Revised Standard
as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
According as he hath spoken by mouth of his holy ancient prophets, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning.

Revised Standard Version
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Even as he promised by ye mouth of his holy prophetes which were sens ye worlde began

Young's Literal Translation
As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen as he promysed afore tyme, by the mouth of his holy prophetes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
according to the antient promise he made by the mouth of the holy prophets,

Simplified Cowboy Version
God's been telling us he was going to do this since he first told the prophets about it.

Contextual Overview

⁶⁷ John's father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he spoke God's message: ⁶⁸ "Let us praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come to the help of his people and has set them free. ⁶⁹ He has provided for us a mighty Savior, a descendant of his servant David. ⁷⁰ He promised through his holy prophets long ago ⁷¹ that he would save us from our enemies, from the power of all those who hate us. ⁷² He said he would show mercy to our ancestors and remember his sacred covenant. ⁷³With a solemn oath to our ancestor Abraham he promised to rescue us from our enemies and allow us to serve him without fear, < ⁷⁵ so that we might be holy and righteous before him all the days of our life. ⁷⁶ "You, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his road for him, ⁷⁷ to tell his people that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spake: 2 Samuel 23:2, Jeremiah 30:10, Mark 12:36, Acts 28:25, Hebrews 3:7, 2 Peter 1:21, Revelation 19:10

which: Luke 24:26, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:44, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 49:10, Daniel 9:24-27, Acts 3:21-24, 1 Peter 1:12

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:27 - appointment Numbers 10:9 - remembered 1 Kings 8:15 - which spake 1 Kings 11:36 - David 2 Chronicles 6:4 - who hath with Psalms 89:19 - Then Psalms 132:11 - Of the fruit Isaiah 48:5 - even Jeremiah 33:14 - General Jeremiah 33:21 - may Amos 9:11 - raise Matthew 1:1 - the son of David Matthew 22:42 - The Son Mark 1:2 - written Luke 1:54 - General John 6:45 - written John 9:32 - the world Acts 2:30 - he Acts 15:16 - build again the tabernacle Acts 24:14 - believing Acts 26:6 - the promise Romans 15:8 - for the 2 Peter 3:2 - ye may Revelation 22:6 - the holy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As he spake, by the mouth of his holy prophets,.... Which shows not only the veracity and faithfulness of God in his promises, but the early intimations that were given by him concerning the Messiah: for it follows,

which have been since world began; or from the beginning of the world; ever since the first hint of the Messiah, as the seed of the woman, that should bruise the serpent's head, was given, he was more or less spoken of. Adam, the first prophet, seems to have respect to him, when he calls his wife Eve, which signifies life; and because she should be the mother of all living. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of him, of his second coming, which supposes his first; and Lamech may be thought to have some regard to him, when he named his son Noah, and said what he did concerning him: Christ was spoken of to Abraham, as his seed, in whom all nations of the earth should be blessed; and God spake of him by the patriarch Jacob, under the name of Shiloh, as who should spring from the tribe of Judah, before the sceptre and lawgiver were departed from it. Moses foretold that there should arise a prophet from the midst of his brethren like unto him, to whom the Israelites were to hearken. David, the prophet, often speaks of him, particularly of his death, his resurrection from the dead, his ascension to heaven, and session at God's right hand; and the evangelical prophet Isaiah predicts his birth of a virgin, and testified beforehand of the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Micah points out the very place of his birth; and Zechariah describes the manner of his entrance into Jerusalem, as riding on an ass: to say nothing of what Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and others, have prophesied of him, It is a common saying of the Jews x, that

"all the prophets, all of them prophesied not, אלא לימות המשיח "but of the days of the Messiah."''

The men, by whom God spoke of the Messiah, of the mission of him, and of raising up this horn of salvation, for his people, were "prophets"; men endued with a spirit of prophecy; "holy", men, who were sanctified by the Holy Ghost, and spake, as they were moved by him; and these all spake as if it were with one "mouth"; they all agree in their accounts concerning Christ, though they lived in different periods of time, from the beginning of the world.

x T. Bab, Beracot, fol. 34. 2. & Sabbat, fol. 63. 1. Maimon. Hilchot Teshuva, c. 8. sect. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His holy prophets ... - All the prophets are said to have referred to the Messiah, from the beginning of the world. The most striking of these were Jacob Genesis 49:10; Moses Deuteronomy 18:15; Isaiah Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 53:1-12.

Since the world began - This is not to be taken literally, for there were no prophets “immediately after” the creation. It is merely a general expression, designed to denote that all the prophets had predicted the coming of the Messiah. Compare the Luke 24:27 note; Revelation 19:10 note.