King James Version
Luke 1:73 in the King James Version says “The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,” — study this verse from Luke chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,”
Luke 1:73 · KJV
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,
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
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