King James Version
Luke 1:72 in the King James Version says “To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;” — study this verse from Luke chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;”
Luke 1:72 · KJV
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“promised to”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“to remember”
G3415to bear in mind, i.e., recollect; by implication, to reward or punish
“covenant”
G1242properly, a disposition, i.e., (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
“holy”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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