Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 1:55

"(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever." — Luke 1:55 (ASV)

As he spoke 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 came before, the construction being as follows: “To remember His mercy (as He spoke to our forefathers) to Abraham and his seed forever.” The mercy that had been shown to Abraham was, as it were, still working.