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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“How kind the Lord is!” she exclaimed. “He has taken away my disgrace of having no children.”

Context of Luke 1:25

23When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. “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.” 26In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Thusοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• hathποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• the Lordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• with meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• whereinὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• he looked onἐπεῖδονepeidon · to look uponG1896
• to take awayἀφαιρέωaphaireō · to removeG851
• reproachὄνειδοςoneidos · disgraceG3681
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for Luke 1:25

• Luke 1:13But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
• Genesis 21:1Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.
• Genesis 25:21Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
• Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.
• 1 Samuel 1:19Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
• 1 Samuel 2:21And the Lord was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.
• Hebrews 11:11And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.
• Genesis 30:23She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”
• 1 Samuel 1:6Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.
• Isaiah 4:1In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
• Isaiah 54:1“Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; 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