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“ThusΟὕτωςthe Lordκύριοςhas doneπεποίηκενfor meμοιinἐνthe daysἡμέραιςwhenαἷςhe looked on meἐπεῖδενto take awayἀφελεῖνmy disgraceὄνειδός μουamongἐνpeople.”ἀνθρώποις
Luke 1:25
Study it in the app““Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me to take away my disgrace among people.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 1:25, word by word
- the Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- has doneπεποίηκενpepoiēken
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “pepoiēken” appears- the daysἡμέραιςhēmerais
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerais” appears- he looked on meἐπεῖδενepeiden
look upon
Look upon, look with favor on.
Where else “epeiden” appears- to take awayἀφελεῖνaphelein
cut off, take away
Take away, cut off.
Where else “aphelein” appears- my disgraceὄνειδόςoneidos
disgrace
Disgrace, shame, reproach.
Where else “oneidos” appears- peopleἀνθρώποιςanthrōpois
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpois” appears
Translation note
It recalls Rachel’s words in Genesis 30:23.
The context
24And after these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,
25 · This verse (above)
26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,
To study Luke 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does the angel Gabriel tell Mary about the son she will have, and how does she answer at the end? (vv. 30-38)
2. What it means
Why do you think Zechariah was left unable to speak while Mary was not, when both asked the angel a question? (vv. 18-20, 34-38)
3. How I live it
Which promise of God is hard for you to believe today, and what small step could you take in trust, like Mary?