Luke 1:70 (DBY)

Passage

as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

Nearby Context

Luke 1:68 Blessed be [the] Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,

Luke 1:69 and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant;

Luke 1:70 as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

Luke 1:71 deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us;

Luke 1:72 to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "spoke", "mouth", "holy", "prophets", "been", "since", and "began". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "spoke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 69's "and raised up a horn of deliverance..." into verse 71's "deliverance from our enemies and out of...", so "world" and "spoke" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "spoke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.