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Luk 1:55. Ἐλάλησε, He spake) with an oath, especially to David.-πατέρας-ἓως αἰῶνος, our father-even to all ages) Mary comprises the past and future.-τῷ) Construe thus,-μνησθῆναι ἐλέους τῷ Ἀβραάμ [not ἐλάλησεν-τῷ Ἀβραάμ]. Mic 7:20, LXX. δώσεις (εἰς) ἀληθείαν τῷ Ἰακὼβ, ἔλεον τῷ Ἀβραὰμ, καθότι ὤμοσας τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν κατὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τὰς ἔμπροσθεν.[14] Psa 98:3, ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ τῷ Ἰακώβ. Also Psa 119:49.-ἕως, even to) Construe with τῷ σπέρματι, to his seed.[15]
[14] The Vatican LXX. reads δώσει εἰς ἀλήθειαν, etc.-πατράσιν ἡμῶν. Engl. Vers. from Hebrew, “Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.”-ED. and TRANSL.
[15] ABD omit ἕως αἰῶνος. C supports it, as also A in the Psalms, bc Vulg. “in sæcula.”-ED. and TRANSL.