Luke 1:73
And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
In Context
72That he might shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remember his holy couenant,
Cross References
Genesis 24:7The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.
Deuteronomy 7:8But because the Lord loued you, and because hee would keepe the othe which hee had sworne vnto your fathers, the Lord hath brought you out by a mightie hand, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage from the hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt,
Psalms 105:9Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:
Hebrews 6:13For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,
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 →