Luke 1:72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Luke 1:72 in other translations
| BSB | to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, |
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| WEB | to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, |
| ASV | To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant; |
| YLT | To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant, |
| DARBY | to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant, |
| BBE | To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word, |
| Webster | To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant: |
What does Luke 1:72 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:68-79
68-79. There is not a word in this noble burst of divine song about his own child; like Elisabeth losing sight entirely of self, in the glory of a Greater than both. Lord God of Israel--the ancient covenant God of the peculiar people. visited and redeemed--that is, in order to redeem: returned after long absence, and broken His long silence (see Mt 15:31). In the Old Testament, God is said to "visit" chiefly for…
Barnes' Notes
His holy covenant. The word covenant means compact or agreement. This is in use among men. It implies equality in the parties; freedom from constraint; freedom from previous obligation to do the thing now covenanted; and freedom from obligation to enter into a compact, unless a man chooses so to do. Such a transaction evidently can never take place between man and God, for they are not equal. Man is not at liberty to decline what God proposes, and he is under obligation to do all that God commands. When the word covenant, therefore, is used in the Bible, it means sometimes a command; sometimes a promise; sometimes a regular law -- as the covenant of the day and night; and sometimes the way in which God dispenses mercy--that is, by the old and new covenants. In the place before us it means the promise made to Abraham, as the following verses clearly show.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 1:67-80
Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the day dawns. In John the Baptist it began to break, and increased apace to the perfect day. The gospel is discovering; it shows that about which we were utterly in the dark; it is to give light to those that sit in darkness, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus…
Luke 1:72 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 1:72
- Leviticus 26:42
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
- Hebrews 6:13-18
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. …
- Micah 7:20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
- Psalms 106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
- Genesis 28:14
And 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.
- Ezekiel 16:60
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
- Romans 11:28
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
- Genesis 26:4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
- Luke 1:54-55
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
- Psalms 105:8-10
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
- Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Acts 3:25-26
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
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Context
- Luke 1:71
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
- Luke 1:72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
- Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Luke 1:72 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para hacer misericordia con nuestros padres, y acordándose de su santo pacto; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | pour accomplir la miséricorde envers nos pères et pour se souvenir de sa sainte alliance, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | um Barmherzigkeit zu vollbringen an unseren Vätern und seines heiligen Bundes zu gedenken, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ad faciendam misericordiam cum patribus nostris: et memorari testamenti sui sancti: |