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Luke 1:72 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;Luke 1:72 · King James Version
Luke 1:72 in context
70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- remembermnaomaito remind, to be recalled or to return to one's mind, to remind one's self of, to…G3415 →
- performpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- fatherspatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- mercyeleosmercy kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire…G1656 →
- holyhagiosmost holy thing, a saintG40 →
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We have here the song wherewith Zacharias praised God when his mouth was opened; in it he is said to prophesy (Luk 1:67), and so he did in the strictest sense of prophesying; for he foretold things to come concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, to which all the prophets bear witness. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 67-80