Luke 1:64 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 1:64

Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.

BSB

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ASV

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God.

KJV

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Rightly also, from that moment was his tongue loosed, for that which unbelief had bound, faith set free. Let us then also believe, in order that our tongue, which has been bound by the chains of unbelief, may be loosed by the voice of reason. Let us write mysteries by the Spirit if we wish to speak. Let us write the forerunner of Christ, not on tables of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart. For he who names John, prophesies Christ. For it follows, And he spake, giving thanks.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The latter clause of the preceding verse should be joined with the beginning of this, as follows: And they marveled all, for his mouth was opened, etc. Every person must see the propriety of putting this clause, And they marveled all, to the beginning of the 64th verse, instead of leaving it at the end of the 63rd, as in the common version.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀνεῴχθη	Aneōchthē	Was opened	G455 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
στόμα	stoma	mouth	G4750 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
παραχρῆμα	parachrēma	immediately	G3916 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
γλῶσσα	glōssa	tongue	G1100 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐλάλει	elalei	he was speaking	G2980 →
εὐλογῶν	eulogōn	blessing	G2127 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεόν.	theon	God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
leads to
- Luke 21:15
  For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- Exodus 4:11–12
  And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Luke 12:12
  For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
- Isaiah 51:16
  I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Isaiah 50:4
  The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
Through
Luke 1:20
And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 3:26
  I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 24:27
  On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that…
Through
Ezekiel 33:22
Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened…
leads to
- Ezekiel 1:3
  the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke