Luke 1:66 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And everyone who heard about this incident remembered it [i.e., for some time]. They were saying, “What will this child become? For the hand of the Lord was [surely] with him.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, Whatever will this little boy be then? For the hand of the Lord was [so evidently] with him [protecting and aiding him].

American Standard Version (1901)

And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

Common English Bible

All who heard about this considered it carefully. They said, “What then will this child be?” Indeed, the Lord’s power was with him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And all those who heard it stored it up in their heart, saying: "What do you think this boy will be?" And indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And all they that had heard them laid them up in their heart, saying: What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

Luke 1:66 Cross References

Luke 1:80

So, the child [i.e., John] grew and became strong in [his] spirit and stayed in the desert until the day when he appeared publicly to the Israelites.

Luke 2:19

But Mary treasured all these things and wondered about them [often].

Luke 2:40

And the child [i.e., Jesus] grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom and God’s favor was upon Him.

Luke 2:51

So, Jesus went down to Nazareth with them and [continued] to obey them. And His mother kept all these things [stored up] in her heart.

Luke 9:44

“Pay close attention to what I am saying, for the Son of man will be handed over to [evil] men.”

Acts 11:21

The power of the Lord was upon their efforts so that a large number of people who believed [the message] turned to the Lord [in faithful obedience].

Colossians 1:5

[You have these qualities] because of the hope stored up for you in heaven, which [hope] you previously heard about through the message of truth when the Gospel