God & Savior

Luke 1:37

For no word from God will ever fail.”
Luke 1:37
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Study notes

The angel Gabriel tells Mary that no word from God will ever fail.

Explanation

Gabriel has told Mary that she will bear the Son of God (1:31-35), and that her relative Elizabeth, who was old and childless, is also expecting a child (1:36). Nothing God says will fail to happen.

Original language
  • ἀδυνατήσει (adunatēsei): not to be able
    Greek · Verb, future, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G0101 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Will be impossible, will fail.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 1:37, word 3

  • θεοῦ (theou): God
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · Strong's G2316 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    God.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 1:37, word 6

  • πᾶν (pan): all
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, singular, neuter · Strong's G3956 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Every, any.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 1:37, word 7

  • ῥῆμα (rhēma): declaration
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, neuter · Strong's G4487 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Word, saying (rhēma).

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Luke 1:37, word 8

Cross-references
  • Genesis 18:14 · Background

    Is anything too hard for the LORD?

  • Luke 1:38 · Surrounding passage

    Mary answers, I am the Lord's servant.

  • Jeremiah 32:17 · Same theme

    Nothing is too difficult for You.

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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

ὅτι οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ πᾶν ῥῆμα.

  1. ὅτιhoti“For”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754H
  2. οὐκouk“not”
    Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
  3. ἀδυνατήσειadunatēsei“will be impossible”
    Verb, future, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἀδυνατέω · “not to be able” · Strong's G0101
  4. παρὰpara“with”
    Preposition · from παρά · “from with” · Strong's G3844
  5. τοῦtou“<of the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. θεοῦtheou“God”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  7. πᾶνpan“every”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, neuter · from πᾶς · “all” · Strong's G3956
  8. ῥῆμα.rhēma“declaration.”
    Noun, nominative, singular, neuter · from ῥῆμα · “declaration” · Strong's G4487
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)