Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Luke 1:73 in other translations
| BSB | the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us |
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| WEB | the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, |
| ASV | The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, |
| YLT | An oath that He sware to Abraham our father, |
| DARBY | the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, |
| BBE | The oath which he made to Abraham, our father, |
| Webster | The oath which he swore to our father Abraham, |
What does Luke 1:73 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
(q) Gen 22:16,17
Albert Barnes, 1834 · 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 1:73 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 1:73
- Genesis 22:16-18
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Psalms 105:9
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
- Jeremiah 11:5
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.
- Deuteronomy 7:12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
- Hebrews 6:16-17
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
- Genesis 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Hebrews 6:13
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
- Genesis 24:7
The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
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Context
- 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 1:74
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
Luke 1:73 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Del juramento que juró á Abraham nuestro padre, que nos había de dar, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | du serment qu’il a juré à Abraham notre père, de nous accorder, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | des Eides, den er Abraham, unserem Vater, geschworen hat, um uns zu geben, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | jusjurandum, quod juravit ad Abraham patrem nostrum, daturum se nobis |