Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 1:73
The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
73. The oath which he sware ] Gen 12:3; Gen 17:4; Gen 22:16-17; comp. Heb 7:13-14; Heb 7:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The oath – This oath is recorded in Gen 22:16-17. It was an oath in which God swore by himself (because he could swear by no greater, Heb 6:13-14) that he would surely bless Abraham and his posterity. That promise was now to be entirely fulfilled by the coming of the Messiah.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Luk 1:73
The oath which He sware
The purpose of Gods oath
God doth not give it to make His word or promise sure and steadfast, but to give assurance and security to us of their accomplishment.
Every word of God is sure and certain truth itself, because it is His; and He might justly require of us the belief of it, without any further attestation. But yet, knowing what great objections Satan and our own unbelieving hearts will raise against His promises, at least as to our own concerns in them, to confirm our minds, and to take away all pretences of unbelief, He interposes His oath in this matter. (John Owen.)
Gods covenants
A covenant is a contract, or a compact, between two agreeing parties, that, on certain conditions being observed by one party, the other will do as specified. God made a covenant of works with our first parents, that if they obeyed His commands they should enjoy His favour and blessings. Since the fall, God has made a covenant of grace by faith with mankind, that, trusting in Him, through atonement, they should be saved and blessed. God entered into covenant with Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:2-14). God covenants with us that He will answer our believing prayers; that He will teach and guide those who are willing and obedient; that He will fulfil to us all His exceeding great and precious promises, if we perform the simple, easy, reasonable conditions attached to them. Then God will ever be faithful to His engagements. Suppose, said one, God were not to fulfil His promises to you. Then, was the reply of the Christian lady addressed, He would lose more than I should. This would be the fact, for in such a case God would lose the glory of His Divine faithfulness, truth, holiness, justice, mercy, love, &e. But this is an utter impossibility. God cannot lie, therefore we may each say, with David, He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. (H. R. Burton.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
God first gave Abraham his word, Gen 18:10, then he confirmed it by his oath, Gen 22:16. The apostle, to the Hebrews, saith, Heb 6:13, When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
73. the oath . . . to . . .AbrahamThe whole work and kingdom of Messiah is represented asa mercy pledged on oath to Abraham and his seed, to be realized at anappointed period; and at length, in “the fulness of the time,”gloriously made good. Hence, not only “grace,” orthe thing promised; but “truth,” or fidelityto the promise, are said to “come by Jesus Christ” (Joh1:17).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The oath which he swore to our father Abraham. When he swore by himself, because he could swear by no greater, that in blessing he would bless him; that his seed should possess the gates of his enemies, and in it all the nations of the earth should be blessed: all which have been fulfilled in Jesus the Messiah; see Ge 22:16.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The oath which he sware ( ). Antecedent attracted to case of the relative. The oath appears in Ge 22:16-18. The oppression of the Gentiles seems to be in the mind of Zacharias. It is not certain how clearly he grasped the idea of the spiritual Israel as Paul saw it in Galatians and Romans.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “The oath which he sware,” (horkon hon omosen) “The oath which he swore,” or pledge of assurance,” which He made, based on the integrity of His character, when He swore by Himself, Genesis 22; Genesis 16-18; Heb 6:13-14.
2) “To our father Abraham,” (pros Abraam ton patera hemon tou) “Directly to Abraham our father,” as “the hope set before us,” Gen 12:3; Lev 26:42; Psa 98:3; Act 3:25; Heb 6:15-20. All promised in the covenant is centered in Jesus and His work, Joh 1:14-17; Luk 1:30-34.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
73. According to the oath There is no word in the Greek original for the preposition according to: but it is a common and well understood principle of language, that when the accusative case is put absolutely, there is a preposition to be understood, by which it is governed. The oath is mentioned, for the purpose of expressing more fully the firmness and sacredness of his truth: for such is his gracious condescension, that he deigns to employ his name for the support of our weakness. If his bare promises do not satisfy us, let us at least remember this confirmation of them; and if it does not remove all doubt, we are chargeable with heinous ingratitude to God, and insult to his holy name.
To give to us Zacharias does not enumerate the several points of God’s covenant, but shows that God’s purpose, in dealing so kindly and mercifully with his people, was to redeem them.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(73) The oath.The noun is in apposition to the covenant of the preceding verse, though not grammatically in the same case with it.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Luk 1:73-75 . ] neither accusative of more precise definition (Calvin, Beza, L. Bos, Rosenmller), nor governed by (Euthymius Zigabenus, Olshausen, Bleek [33] ), but climactic apposition to . , in which the accusative is attracted by , Mat 21:42 ; 1Co 10:16 ; Buttmann, neut. Gr. p. 247 [E. T. 288]; Bornemann, Schol. p. 16 f.
] denotes the swearing to . Comp. Horn. Od. xiv. 331, xix. 288. The expression with the dative is more usual. See the oath itself in Gen 22:16-18 .
. . .] in order to grant to us , the purpose, on account of which God swore the oath.
. . .] more precisely defines the previous , and that as regards its objective relation. On the accusative (not dative), see Bornemann, l.c. ; Pflugk, ad Eur. Med. 815; Krger, Gramm. Unters. III. 148.
Luk 1:75 . Religious-moral restoration of the people of God. As to the distinction between and (Plat. Prot. p. 329 C), see on Eph 4:24 . Holiness is the divine consecration and inner truth of righteousness , so that the latter without the former would be only external or seeming; both together constitute the justitia spiritualis .
[33] is not seldom joined with an accusative by the classical writers (Hom. Il. vi. 222; Herod. vii. 18; Soph. O. R. 1057), but never in the N. T., although it is so in the LXX. and Apocrypha.
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Ver. 73. The oath which he sware ] quasi , a hedge, which a man may not break; much less will God.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
73. ] for , : see Gen 22:16-18 . Calvin, alli [16] ., suppose the construction to be ; Grotius makes the words dependent on above, as also the infin. : Bleek thinks that the accusative is directly governed by , as well as the preceding genitive. “The Holy Spirit, speaking by Zacharias, seems to refer here to the providential dispensation signified in the names of the Baptist and his parents. The Baptist, by his name John , spake of the or grace of God: Zacharias (from , recordatus fuit , and , Jah, Jehovah ) signifies , and Elisabeth (from , El, Deus , and , sheba, juravit ) is connected with the .” Wordsw. This seems probable in the case before us: but the student must be reminded that it is ground to be very cautiously trodden, and where a morbid or pedantic fancy will be constantly going astray.
[16] alli= some cursive mss.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Luk 1:73 . for , depending on , a case of inverse attraction, the noun by the relative ( , object of ) instead of the relative by the noun. Cf. Luk 20:17 . Examples from Greek authors in Bornemann, Scholia .
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
The oath, &c. See Gen 12:3; Gen 17:4; Gen 22:16, Gen 22:17.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
73.] for , : see Gen 22:16-18. Calvin, alli[16]., suppose the construction to be ; Grotius makes the words dependent on above, as also the infin. : Bleek thinks that the accusative is directly governed by , as well as the preceding genitive. The Holy Spirit, speaking by Zacharias, seems to refer here to the providential dispensation signified in the names of the Baptist and his parents. The Baptist, by his name John, spake of the or grace of God: Zacharias (from , recordatus fuit, and , Jah, Jehovah) signifies , and Elisabeth (from , El, Deus, and , sheba, juravit) is connected with the . Wordsw. This seems probable in the case before us: but the student must be reminded that it is ground to be very cautiously trodden, and where a morbid or pedantic fancy will be constantly going astray.
[16] alli= some cursive mss.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Luk 1:73. , ) That is , , [ in apposition to , Luk 1:72.] It depends on , [to remember] in remembrance of.- ) On this depends , i.e. , . The article indicates that the preceding infinitive, , is explained by this subsequent infinitive.[22] So also Luk 1:77 compared with the preceding words [ , ]: and also Luk 1:79, and ch. Luk 2:22; Luk 2:24.
[22] The Genitive ( ) is often used to express the reference in which a thing is taken: as here, to perform His mercy, viz. in respect to His granting to us.-ED. and TRANSL.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
Gen 22:16, Gen 22:17, Gen 24:7, Gen 26:3, Deu 7:8, Deu 7:12, Psa 105:9, Jer 11:5, Heb 6:16, Heb 6:17
Reciprocal: Exo 2:24 – remembered Lev 26:45 – for their Deu 4:37 – because Deu 26:3 – which the Jos 24:18 – will we also 1Ki 8:56 – there 2Ki 13:23 – because of his covenant 1Ch 16:16 – which he made Neh 9:8 – madest Psa 105:42 – For he Isa 44:22 – return Mal 2:10 – all Gal 3:18 – but Heb 6:13 – he sware Jam 2:21 – Abraham
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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This oath to Abraham is recorded in Gen 12:3; Gen 18:18; Gen 22:18.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Luk 1:73. The oath. This explains the word covenant in Luk 1:72. Gods covenant of mercy had been sealed by an oath. This oath is found recorded in Gen 22:16-18. The Abrahamic covenant becomes prominent as the coming of the Messiah draws near. Comp. Galatians 3.