Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
KJV
ὅρκον ὃν ὤμοσεν πρὸς Ἀβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν, τοῦ δοῦναι ἡμῖν
Greek NT
jusjurandum, quod juravit ad Abraham patrem nostrum, daturum se nobis
Vulgate
The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,
ASV
The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὀμνύω
omnuo
verb · 26×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅρκος
orkos
noun · 10×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§706Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.68 In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed. This progeny will be Christ himself,69 in whom the outpouring of the Holy Spirit will "gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad."70 God commits himself by his own solemn o…
Cross-references
- Deut 7:8 — But 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,
- Deut 7:12 — 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:
- Gen 22:16 — And 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:
- Gen 22:16 — And 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:
- Heb 6:13 — For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
- Isa 44:22 — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
- Jer 11:5 — That 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.
- Josh 24:18 — And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
- Ps 105:9 — Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;