Luke 1:73
An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
In Context
72To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,
74To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,
Cross References
Genesis 24:7Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence;
Deuteronomy 7:8but because of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Psalms 105:9That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
Hebrews 6:13For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,
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 →