Luke 1:70

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“as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,”

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BSBPD

“as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 1:70 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.”
  3. 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.
  4. 2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  7. Daniel 9:24Seventy 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 to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  8. 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.”’
  9. Luke 24:26Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
  10. 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.”
  11. Acts 3:21Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
  12. 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:
  13. Romans 1:2the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
  14. Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
  15. 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 into these things.
  16. 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.
  17. Revelation 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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