Luke 1:73
The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
In Context
72To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
Cross References
Genesis 24:7Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father`s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. He will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
Deuteronomy 7:8but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Psalms 105:9[The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
Hebrews 6:13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
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 →