Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
*The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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- *Cross-referenceGene. 22.16.
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- Genesis 22:16–18Rank 1 from verse 73
16And 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:
17That 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;
18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
16And said, *By my selfe haue I sworne, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy sonne, thine onely sonne,
17That in blessing I will blesse thee, and in multiplying, I will multiply thy seed as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea †shore, and thy seed shall possesse the gate of his enemies.
18*And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Deuteronomy 7:8Rank 2 from verse 73
8But 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.
8But because the LORD loued you, and because hee would keepe the othe which hee had sworne vnto 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 105:9Rank 3 from verse 73
- Deuteronomy 7:12Rank 4 from verse 73
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:
12¶ Wherefore it shal come to passe, †if ye hearken to these iudgements, and keepe and do them: That the LORD thy God shall keepe vnto thee the Couenant and the Mercy which he sware vnto thy fathers.
- Jeremiah 11:5Rank 5 from verse 73
5That 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.
5*†That I may performe the othe which I haue sworne vnto your fathers, to giue them a land flowing with milke and honie, as it is this day: then answered I, and said, So bee it, O LORD.
- Genesis 26:3Rank 6 from verse 73
3Sojourn 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;
3Soiourne in this land, and I wil be with thee, and will blesse thee: for vnto thee, and vnto thy seed *I will giue all these countreys, and I wil performe the othe, which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.
- Hebrews 6:13Rank 7 from verse 73
- Hebrews 6:16–17Rank 8 from verse 73
16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
16For men verily sweare by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17Wherein God willing more abundantly to shewe vnto the heyres of promise the immutabilitie of his counsell, †confirmed it by an oath:
- Genesis 24:7Rank 9 from verse 73
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.
7¶ The LORD God of heauen which tooke mee from my fathers house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake vnto mee, and that sware vnto me, saying, *Unto thy seed will I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.
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Luke 1:73
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Swore; made a solemn oath or declared with an oath.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.
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1:57Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
1:57Now Elizabeths full time came, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.
1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy vpon her, and they reioyced with her.
1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
1:59And it came to passe that on the eight day they came to circumcise the childe, and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
1:60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
1:60And his mother answered, and said, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.
1:61And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
1:61And they said vnto her, There is none of thy kinred that is called by this name.
1:62And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
1:62And they made signes to his father, how he would haue him called.
1:63And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
1:63And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is Iohn: and they marueiled all.
1:64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
1:64And his mouth was opened immediatly, and his tongue loosed, and hee spake, and praised God.
1:65And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judæa.
1:65And feare came on all that dwelt round about them, and all these ‖sayings were noised abroad thorowout all the hill countrey of Iudea.
1:66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
1:66And all they that had heard them, layde them vp in their hearts, saying, What maner of childe shal this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.
1:67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
1:67And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
1:68Blessed bee the Lord God of Israel, for hee hath visited and redeemed his people,
1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
1:69*And hath raised vp an horne of saluation for vs, in the house of his seruant Dauid,
1:70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
1:70*As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, which haue bene since the world began:
1:71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
1:71That wee should be saued from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate vs,
1:72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
1:72To performe the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy Couenant,
1:73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
1:73*The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Selected passage1:74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
1:74That hee would grant vnto vs, that wee beeing deliuered out of the hands of our enemies, might serue him without feare,
1:75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
1:75In holinesse and righteousnesse before him, all the dayes of our life.
1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
1:76And thou childe shalt bee called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes.
1:77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
1:77To giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, ‖by the remission of their sinnes,
1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
1:78Through the ‖tender mercy of our God, whereby the ‖day-spring from on high hath visited vs,
1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
1:79To giue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.