Luke 1:72
He will do this because he has not forgotten what he promised our ancestors; he made an agreement that he would act mercifully to us, their descendants.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
In Context
71He will rescue us from our enemies, and he will save us from the power of all those who hate us.
73That is what he strongly promised our ancestor Abraham that he would do.
Cross References
Genesis 12:3I will bless those who ◄bless/ask God to do good things for► you, and I will ◄curse/ask God to punish► those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).”
Genesis 22:18You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be as numerous as the particles of dirt that are on the earth, and their territory will be very large. It will extend in all directions, to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south. And people of all people-groups on earth will receive blessings because of what happens to you and to your descendants.
1 Chronicles 16:16That is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement to Isaac.
Psalms 105:8He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations;
Psalms 111:5He provides food for those who revere him; he never forgets the agreement that he made with our ancestors.
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 →