Luke 1:73

The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: 1

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

In Context

72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers 1 And to remember His holy covenant, 1

74To grant us that we, 1 Being delivered from the hand of our enemies, 1 Might serve Him without fear, 1

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Cross References

Hebrews 6:13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore 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 →

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