Luke 1:55 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 1:55

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

KJV

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ASV

(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

WEB

as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”

YLT

As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed--to the age.'

DBT

(as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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14 verses on the floor

Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Hebrews 1:1
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Psalms 105:6–10
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Psalms 132:11–17
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

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His "Anointed," whose horn He will exalt (1Sa 2:10); in the Virgin's song, it is as the "Help" promised to Israel by all the prophets. My soul . . . my spirit--"all that is within me" (Ps 103:1).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

As he spake to our fathers--The sense requires this clause to be read as a parenthesis. Ps 98:3). for ever--the perpetuity of Messiah's kingdom, as expressly promised by the angel (Lu 1:33).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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