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Luke 1:55

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Luke 1:55 · Douay-Rheims
“As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“As he spake to our fathers,.... To David, of whose family Mary was; and to Jacob, or Israel, of whose stock she was; and to Isaac, in whom the seed was to be, called; and particularly, to Abraham and to his seed for ever: not his natural, but his spiritual seed; both among Jews and Gentiles, to the end of the world; to these God promised this mercy of a Saviour and Redeemer, and to these he performs it, and will to all generations.”
Source
1871
A.D.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown Reformed
1871
“As he spake to our fathers--The sense requires this clause to be read as a parenthesis. (Compare Mic 7:20; Psa 98:3). for ever--the perpetuity of Messiah's kingdom, as expressly promised by the angel (Luk 1:33).”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.