as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”
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as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”
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Even as he promised to oure fathers Abraham and to his seede for ever.
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(As hee hath spoken to our fathers, to wit, to Abraham, and his seede) for euer.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Luke 1:55 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 17:19 God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
- Psalms 105:6-10 you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
- Psalms 132:11-17 Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne. If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.” For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. “This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread. I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy. I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
- Galatians 3:16-17 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring”, which is Christ. Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
- Genesis 22:18 All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’ ”
- Genesis 26:4 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
- Romans 11:28-29 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
- Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
- Genesis 28:14 Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain
Promised.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham,…
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Ver. 55. As he spake to our fathers] Who lived upon reversions, and died upon the promises, accounting them good freehold. God keeps promise with nights and days, Jer 33:20; Jer 33:25. How much more will he with Abraham, and his seed for ever!
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain As he spake to our fathers,.... To David, of…
As he spake to our fathers,.... To David, of whose family Mary was; and to Jacob, or Israel, of whose stock she was; and to Isaac, in whom the seed was to be, called; and particularly,
to Abraham and to his seed for ever: not his natural, but his spiritual seed; both among Jews and Gentiles, to the end of the world; to these God promised this mercy of a Saviour and Redeemer, and to these he performs it, and will to all generations.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To his seed - His spiritual seed: all true…
To his seed - His spiritual seed: all true believers.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain As he spake to our fathers ... - That…
As he spake to our fathers ... - That is, He has dealt mercifully with the children of Israel, according as He promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The promise particularly here referred to is that respecting the Messiah which was now about to be fulfilled; but there is no doubt that there was also included the promises respecting all the other mercies which had been conferred on the children of Israel. See Gen 22:17-18.
Forever - These words are to be referred to the preceding verse - “in remembrance of His mercy” forever, “as he spake,” etc. They denote that the “mercy of God” manifested to His people should be had in everlasting remembrance.
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There is a striking similarity between this song of praise by Mary and that spoken by “Hannah,” 1Sa 2:2-10. There are few pieces of “poetry” - for this is poetry, and almost the only poetry in the New Testament - more beautiful than this. It is the language of a humble, thankful, pious, female heart praising God:
For his mercy to her, Luk 1:46-49; For his mercy to all people - his “general” goodness, Luk 1:50-53; and, His special goodness to his people, Luk 1:54-55.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain As he spake to our fathers--The sense requires this…
As he spake to our fathers--The sense requires this clause to be read as a parenthesis. (Compare Mic 7:20; Psa 98:3).
for ever--the perpetuity of Messiah's kingdom, as expressly promised by the angel (Luk 1:33).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 55. To Abraham—The promise was that in his seed…
55. To Abraham—The promise was that in his seed all the families of the earth should be blessed. Gen_12:3; Gen_22:18.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (55) As he spake to our fathers.—As the sentence…
(55) As he spake to our fathers.—As the sentence stands in English, the words “Abraham and his seed” seem in apposition with “forefathers,” and to be added as explaining it. In the Greek, however, they are in a different connection, and belong to what had gone before, the construction being as follows: “To remember His mercy (as He spake unto our forefathers) to Abraham and his seed for ever.” The mercy that had been shown to Abraham was, as it were, working even yet.
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