72 to accomplish his mercy toward our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,
Luke 1:72 Cross References - Noyes
Luke 1:54-55
Acts 3:25-26
25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed."
26 To you first, God, having raised up his servant, sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
Romans 11:28
28 In regard to the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes; but in regard to Gods choice, they are beloved for the fathers sake.
Galatians 3:15-17
15 Brethren, I speak according to what is practised among men; no one sets aside even a human covenant, or makes additions to it, after it has been ratified.
16 But the promises were made to Abraham and "to his offspring." He doth not say, "and to offsprings," as speaking of many, but, as speaking of one, "and to thy offspring," which is Christ.
17 And what I mean is this; that a covenant that was before ratified by God, the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, cannot annul, so as to make void the promise;
Hebrews 6:13-18
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee."
15 And so, having endured with patience, he obtained the promised blessing.
16 For men indeed swear by one who is greater, and the oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17 Wherefore God, wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, confirmed it by an oath,
18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us;