Luke 1:72
To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
In Context
71Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,
73An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,
Cross References
Genesis 12:3And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'
Genesis 22:18and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
Genesis 28:14and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.
1 Chronicles 16:16Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath — to Isaac,
Psalms 105:8He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,
Psalms 111:5Prey He hath given to those fearing Him, He remembereth to the age 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 →