Luke 1:70 (KJV)

Passage

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

Nearby Context

Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

Luke 1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

Luke 1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

Luke 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

Luke 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 69's "And hath raised up an horn of..." into verse 71's "That we should be saved from our...", so "world" and "spake" 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 "spake" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.