Luke 1:72
New International Version
to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,

New Living Translation
He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant—

English Standard Version
to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

Berean Standard Bible
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Berean Literal Bible
to fulfill mercy toward our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant,

King James Bible
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

New King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers And to remember His holy covenant,

New American Standard Bible
To show mercy to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,

NASB 1995
To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,

NASB 1977
To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,

Legacy Standard Bible
To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,

Amplified Bible
To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing],

Christian Standard Bible
He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He has dealt mercifully with our fathers and remembered His holy covenant—

American Standard Version
To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And he has wrought his mercy with our fathers and he has remembered his holy covenants”

Contemporary English Version
God said he would be kind to our people and keep his sacred promise.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament,

English Revised Version
To shew mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He has shown his mercy to our ancestors and remembered his holy promise,

Good News Translation
He said he would show mercy to our ancestors and remember his sacred covenant.

International Standard Version
He has shown mercy to our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant,

Literal Standard Version
To do kindness with our fathers, | And to be mindful of His holy covenant,

Majority Standard Bible
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

New American Bible
to show mercy to our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant

NET Bible
He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant--

New Revised Standard Version
Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, and has remembered his holy covenant,

New Heart English Bible
to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

Webster's Bible Translation
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant:

Weymouth New Testament
He dealt pitifully with our forefathers, And remembered His holy covenant,

World English Bible
to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

Young's Literal Translation
To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Zechariah's Song
71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, 72to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, 73the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us…

Cross References
Psalm 98:3
He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Psalm 105:8
He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations--

Psalm 105:42
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.

Psalm 106:45
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Micah 7:20
You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

Romans 9:4
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.


Treasury of Scripture

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

perform.

Luke 1:54,55
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; …

Genesis 12:3
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

and.

Genesis 17:4-9
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations…

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.

Psalm 105:8-10
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations…

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Luke 1
1. The preface of Luke to his whole gospel.
5. The conception of John the Baptist;
26. and of Jesus.
39. The prophecy of Elisabeth and of Mary, concerning Jesus.
57. The nativity and circumcision of John.
67. The prophecy of Zachariah, both of Jesus,
76. and of John.














(72) To perform the mercy.--The verse has been thought, and with apparent reason, to contain a reference, after the manner of the ancient prophets (comp. Isaiah 8:3; Micah 1:10-15), to the name of the speaker, of his wife, and of his child. In "performing mercy," we find an allusion to John or Jochanan (= "The Lord be merciful"); in "remembering His holy covenant," to the name Zacharias (= "Whom Jehovah remembers"); in the "oath" of Luke 1:73, to that of Elizabeth or Elisheba (= "The oath of my God"). The play upon the words would, of course, be obvious in the original Hebrew (i.e., Aramaic) of the hymn, which we have only in its Greek version.

His holy covenant.--The covenant is clearly that made with Abraham in Genesis 15:18. In thus going back to that as the starting-point of the New Covenant which was to be made in Christ, Zacharias anticipates the teaching of St. Paul in Galatians 3:15-19. . . .

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Greek
to show
ποιῆσαι (poiēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

mercy
ἔλεος (eleos)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1656: Pity, mercy, compassion. Of uncertain affinity; compassion.

to
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

fathers
πατέρων (paterōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

to remember
μνησθῆναι (mnēsthēnai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive
Strong's 3403: To remember, call to mind, recall, mention. A prolonged form of mnaomai; to remind, i.e. to recall to mind.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

holy
ἁγίας (hagias)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

covenant,
διαθήκης (diathēkēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1242: From diatithemai; properly, a disposition, i.e. a contract.


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