Luke 1:25

Luke 1:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
• New International Version (NIV)“The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”

Context of Luke 1:25

23And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home. 24After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared, “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.” 26In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.

Luke 1:25 word by word

ὅτι οὕτως μοι πεποίηκεν κύριος ἐν ἡμέραις αἷς ἐπεῖδεν ἀφελεῖν ὄνειδός μου ἐν ἀνθρώποις.¶Read the interlinear

• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• The Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• has doneποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• ·οὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• for meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• He has shown me favorἐπεῖδονepeidon · to look uponG1896
• and taken awayἀφαιρέωaphaireō · to removeG851
• disgraceὄνειδοςoneidos · disgraceG3681
• the peopleἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for Luke 1:25

• Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
• Genesis 21:1Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
• Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
• Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
• 1 Samuel 1:19The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
• 1 Samuel 2:21So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
• Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
• Genesis 30:23and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
• 1 Samuel 1:6Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
• Isaiah 4:1In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
• Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

Commentaries on Luke 1:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25To take away my reproach - As fruitfulness was a part of the promise of God to his people, Genesis 17:6, and children, on this account, being considered as a particular blessing from heaven, Exodus 23:20; Leviticus 26:9; : Psalm 127:3; so barrenness was considered among the Jews as a reproach, and a token of the disapprobation of the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:6. But see Luke 1:36.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Thus - In this merciful manner. To take away my reproach - Among the Jews, a family of children was counted a signal blessing, an evidence of the favor of God, Psalm 113:9; Psalm 128:3; Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 44:3-4; Leviticus 26:9. To be “barren,” therefore, or to be destitute of children, was considered a “reproach” or a “disgrace,” 1 Samuel 1:6.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-25Verses 5-25 The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were eminent for piety and integrity. They had no children, and it could not be expected that Elisabeth should have any in her old age. While Zacharias was burning incense in the temple, the whole multitude of the people were praying without. All the prayers we offer up to God, are acceptable and successful only…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-255. Herod--(See on Mt 2:1). course of Abia--or Abijah; the eighth of the twenty-four orders of courses into which David divided the priests (see 1Ch 24:1, 4, 10). Of these courses only four returned after the captivity (Ezr 2:34-39), which were again subdivided into twenty-four--retaining the ancient name and order of each. They took the whole temple service for a week each. his wife was of the daughters of Aaron--The priests might marry into any tribe…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 1:25

• Barrenness
• Childlessness
• Conception
• Elisabeth (Elizabeth)
• Joy
• Miracles
• Zacharias (Zechariah)

In the dictionaries

• Barren
• Begin
• Certainty
• Conceive
• Estate
• Ministration
• Noise
• Righteousness
• Salutation
• Sign

Commentaries on Luke 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings