Luk 1:20 | RWP | e4.org | Thou shalt be silent ( εση σιωπων ). Volitive future periphrastic. Not able to speak ( μη δυναμενος λαλησα ). Negative repetition of the same statement. His dumbness will continue "until" ( αχρ ης ημερας ) the events come to pass "because" ( ανθ' ων ). The words were to become reality in due season ( καιρον , not χρονος , time).

‏ Luke 1:20

Thou shalt be silent ( εση σιωπων ). Volitive future periphrastic.

Not able to speak ( μη δυναμενος λαλησα ). Negative repetition of the same statement. His dumbness will continue "until" ( αχρ ης ημερας ) the events come to pass "because" ( ανθ' ων ). The words were to become reality in due season ( καιρον, not χρονος, time).