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Luk 1:20 — And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thou shalt		Luk 1:22,62,63; Exd 4:11; Eze 3:26; Eze 24:27
dumb		[siopao ( siwpa/w )] silent; for in this case, though there was no natural imperfection or debility of the organs of speech, as in dumbness, yet, thou shalt not be able to speak. This was at once a proof of the severity and mercy of God: of severity, in condemning him to nine months' silence for his unbelief; of mercy, in rendering his punishment temporary, and the means of making others rejoice in the events predicted.
because		Luk 1:45; Gen 18:10-15; Num 20:12; 2Ki 7:2,19; Isa 7:9; Mar 9:19; Mar 16:14; Rev 3:19
which		Rom 3:3; 2Ti 2:13; Tts 1:2; Hbr 6:18

Correlating Passages

thou shalt

	Luk 1:22	And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
	Luk 1:62	And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
	Luk 1:63	And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
	Exd 4:11	And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
	Eze 3:26	And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house.
	Eze 24:27	In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

because

	Luk 1:45	And blessed [is] she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
	Gen 18:10	And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.
	Gen 18:11	Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
	Gen 18:12	Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
	Gen 18:13	And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
	Gen 18:14	Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
	Gen 18:15	Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
	Num 20:12	And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
	2Ki 7:2	Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
	2Ki 7:19	And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
	Isa 7:9	And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of Samaria [is] Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
	Mar 9:19	He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
	Mar 16:14	Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
	Rev 3:19	As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

which

	Rom 3:3	For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
	2Ti 2:13	If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
	Tts 1:2	In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
	Hbr 6:18	That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

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