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as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
Luke 1:70 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
  • KJV As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
  • NKJV As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began,
  • NASB Just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient times—
  • NLT just as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.

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Quick answer

This salvation fulfills what God promised through his holy prophets long ago. God keeps his ancient word.

Overview

Zacharias affirms that the coming deliverance was foretold by the prophets from ages past. God's saving work in Christ is the consistent fulfillment of his prophetic promises. The whole of Scripture testifies to the redemption now dawning.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • 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.
  • Rom 1:2the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
  • 2 Pet 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.
  • Jer 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • 2 Sam 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
  • Luke 24:26–27Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
  • 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:
  • 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.”
  • Jer 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.
  • Gen 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.”
  • 1 Pet 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.
  • Gen 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.”
  • Heb 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
  • 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.”’
  • Rev 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.”
  • Dan 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 to anoint the Most Holy Place.

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Christ at the center

Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.

How Luke 1:70 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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