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Luk 1:72. Ποιῆσαι) [to perform] by performing.-ἔλεος, the mercy) Mercy and remembrance of the covenant is the same as חסד ואמת, grace and truth.-μετὰ, with[19]) The antithetic word is ἐξ, from [our enemies], Luk 1:71.-τῶν πατέρων, our fathers) long since deceased:[20] ch. Luk 20:37-38.-μνησθῆναι, [to remember] by remembering) An allusion to the name Zacharias.[21]
[19] But Engl. Vers. “promised to.” Rather, as Luk 1:58, μετʼ αὐτῆς; “to perform mercy in His dealings with our fathers.”-ED. and TRANSL.
[20] And yet still He is their God: therefore the covenant still holds good.-ED. and TRANSL.
[21] Which in Hebrew means one whom the Lord remembers, from זָכַי, to remember.-ED. and TRANSL.