Luke 1:73
And to performe the oothe which he sware to oure father Adraham
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
In Context
72To fulfill the mercy promised to oure fathers and to remember his holy covenaunt.
74for to geve vs. That we delyvered oute of ye hondes of oure enemyes myght serve him with oute feare
Cross References
Genesis 24:7The LORde God of heauen which toke me from my fathers house and from the lande where I was borne and which spake vnto me and sware vnto me saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before the yt thou mayst take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.
Hebrews 6:13For when god made promes to Abraham because he had no greater thinge to sweare by he sware by him silfe
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 →