Luke 1:73
And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
In Context
72That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt.
74That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare,
Cross References
Genesis 24:7The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house, & from the land of my kinred, and which spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande: he shall sende his angell before thee, and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:68-80
The Song of Zacharias. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his… Read the whole commentary →