Luke 1:72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant:
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
In Context
71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
73The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
Cross References
Genesis 12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 28:14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
1 Chronicles 16:16Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath to Isaac;
Psalms 105:8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Psalms 111:5He hath given food to them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of 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 →