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to showποιῆσαιmercyἔλεοςtoμετὰour fathersτῶν πατέρων ἡμῶνandκαὶto rememberμνησθῆναιhis holyἁγίας αὐτοῦcovenant,διαθήκης
Luke 1:72
Study it in the app“to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 1:72, word by word
- to showποιῆσαιpoiēsai
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsai” appears- mercyἔλεοςeleos
mercy
Mercy: compassion that acts.
Where else “eleos” appears- our fathersπατέρωνpaterōn
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “paterōn” appears- to rememberμνησθῆναιmnēsthēnai
remember to help
To remember someone in order to help them.
Where else “mnēsthēnai” appears- his holyἁγίαςhagias
holy place
Places and things set apart for God.
Where else “hagias” appears- covenantδιαθήκηςdiathēkēs
covenant
The agreement with promises and obligations that God makes with his people.
Where else “diathēkēs” appears
The context
71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 · This verse (above)
73the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us
To study Luke 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does the angel Gabriel tell Mary about the son she will have, and how does she answer at the end? (vv. 30-38)
2. What it means
Why do you think Zechariah was left unable to speak while Mary was not, when both asked the angel a question? (vv. 18-20, 34-38)
3. How I live it
Which promise of God is hard for you to believe today, and what small step could you take in trust, like Mary?