Luke 1:72
To perform mercy with our fathers, and to be mindful of his holy covenant,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
In Context
71Of salvation from among our foes, and out of the hand of all them that hate us:
73The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, To grant us,
Cross References
Genesis 12:3That I may bless them who bless thee, But him who maketh light of thee, will I curse,—So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground.
Genesis 22:18So shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves in thy seed,—Because thou didst hearken unto my voice.
Genesis 28:14And thy seed shall become as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward,—And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee and in thy seed.
1 Chronicles 16:16Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;
Psalms 105:8He hath remembered, unto times age-abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations;
Psalms 111:5Food, hath he given to them who revere him, He will remember, age-abidingly, his covenant.
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 →