Luke Chapter 1 verse 70 Holy Bible
(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
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(As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)
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as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;
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As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
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(As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
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As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 70. - By the mouth of his holy prophets. Zacharias looked on all that was then happening as clearly foretold in those sacred prophetic writings preserved in the nation with so much care and reverence. Which have been since the world began. He considered Messianic prophecy as dating from the first intimation after the fall in Eden (Genesis 3:15), and continuing in an intermittent but yet unbroken line from Genesis to Malachi.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(70) His holy prophets, which have been since the world began.--The words were probably more than a lofty paraphrase of the more usual language, "of old time," "of ancient days," and imply a reference to the great first Gospel, as it has been called, of Genesis 3:15, as well as to those made to Abraham, who is the first person named as a prophet (Genesis 20:7).
