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To show mercy towards our fathers, To remember his holy covenant,
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God Keeps His Promises
Commentators explain that God "remembering" His covenant doesn't mean He forgot, but that He was now actively fulfilling the ancient promises made to patriarchs like Abraham. The arrival of John the Baptist and Jesus is the long-awaited proof that God is faithful to His word, even after centuries of apparent silence.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To perform the mercy. To show the mercy promised. The expression in the original is, "To make mercy with our fathers"—that is, to…
19th Century
Anglican
To perform the mercy.—The verse has been thought, and with apparent reason, to contain a reference, in the manner of the ancient p…
Zechariah cites three aspects of God’s redeeming work: “salvation” (v.71), “mercy” (v.72), and the remembrance of God’s “covenant.” Mercy to the “f…
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16th Century
Protestant
To perform the mercy: Zacharias again points out the fountain from which redemption flowed, the mercy and gracious covenant
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers By "mercy" is meant salvation by Christ, which springs from the mercy o…
Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the day dawns. In John the…
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