The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham. The whole work of Messiah, and the kingdom He was to establish on the earth, are represented here as a mercy promised, and pledged on oath, to Abraham and his seed, to be at an appointed period - "the fullness of time" - gloriously made good. Hence, not only "grace," or the thing promised, but "truth," or fidelity to the promise, are said to "come by Jesus Christ" (see the notes at John 1:14; John 1:16-17).