Luke 1:72
To fulfill the mercy promised to oure fathers and to remember his holy covenaunt.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
In Context
71That we shuld be saved from oure enemies and from the hondis of all that hate vs:
73And to performe the oothe which he sware to oure father Adraham
Cross References
Genesis 12:3And I wyll blesse the that blesse the ad curse the that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erth.
Genesis 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
Genesis 28:14And thy seed shalbe as the dust of the erth: And thou shalt spreade abrode: west east north and south. And thorow the and thy seed shall all the kynreddes of the erth be blessed.
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 →