Luke 1:55

Luke 1:55 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
• New International Version (NIV)to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever."
• New King James Version (NKJV)As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed forever.”

Context of Luke 1:55

53He fed hungry people with good food. He sent rich people away with nothing. 54“He remembered to help his servant Israel forever. This is the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and his descendants.” 56Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back home. 57When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

Luke 1:55 word by word

καθὼς ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, τῷ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• he spakeλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• to AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• toσπέρμαsperma · seed: offspringG4690
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• everαἰώνaiōn · an age: eternityG165

Cross-references for Luke 1:55

• Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”
• Genesis 17:19God replied, “No! Your wife Sarah will give you a son, and you will name him Isaac [He Laughs]. I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.
• Genesis 22:18Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
• Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and give all these lands to your descendants. Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
• Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Through you and through your descendant every family on earth will be blessed.
• Psalms 105:6you descendants of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.
• Psalms 132:11The Lord swore an oath to David. This is a truth he will not take back: “I will set one of your own descendants on your throne.
• Romans 11:28The Good News made the Jewish people enemies because of you. But by God’s choice they are loved because of their ancestors.
• Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture doesn’t say, “descendants,” referring to many, but “your descendant,” referring to one. That descendant is Christ.

Commentaries on Luke 1:55

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 55As he spake to our fathers … - That is, He has dealt mercifully with the children of Israel, according as He promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The promise particularly here referred to is that respecting the Messiah which was now about to be fulfilled; but there is no doubt that there was also included the promises respecting all the other mercies which had been conferred on the children of Israel. See Genesis 22:17-18. Forever - These words are to be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-56Verses 39-56 It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mother of the great Redeemer. At the same time she was filled with the Holy Ghost, and under his influence declared that Mary and her expected child were most blessed and happy, as peculiarly honoured of and dear to the Most High God. Mary, animated by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 54-55Gabriel’s words in 1:32–33 refer back to God’s promise to King David. Here, Mary refers to God’s promise to Abraham (Genesis 12:1–3; 17:3–8). The arrival of Jesus brought glory to Israel and salvation to Gentiles (see Luke 2:32).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-5546-55. A magnificent canticle, in which the strain of Hannah's ancient song, in like circumstances, is caught up, and just slightly modified and sublimed. Is it unnatural to suppose that the spirit of the blessed Virgin had been drawn beforehand into mysterious sympathy with the ideas and the tone of this hymn, so that when the life and fire of inspiration penetrated her whole soul it spontaneously swept the chorus of this song, enriching the Hymnal of…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 1:55

• Elisabeth (Elizabeth)
• God
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joy
• Magnificat
• Mary
• Miracles
• Poetry
• Praise
• Prophecy
• Psalms
• Readings, Select
• Women
• Zacharias (Zechariah)

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Abraham, Abram
• Begin
• Certainty
• Conceive
• Estate
• Hannah
• Mary
• Ministration
• Noise

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