Luke 1:73
and the oath that he sware to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us,
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
In Context
72And he hath exercised his mercy to our fathers, and hath remembered his holy covenants,
74to be redeemed from the hand of our enemies; and that we should worship before him, without fear,
Cross References
Hebrews 6:13For when God made the promise to Abraham, because there was none greater than himself by whom he could swear, 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 →