Luke 1:74

Luke 1:74. To grant unto us. This gives the purpose both of the oath and the approaching fulfilment of it.

That we. This introduces what God purposed to grant.

Being delivered from the hand of our enemies. such as Antiochus Epiphanes and the Romans, who had interfered with the Jews in their worship.

Should serve him. Since Zacharias was a priest, this probably refers to public religious worship, as the sign of truly serving God.

Without fear, the emphatic phrase of the sentence. It means: without fear of enemies; the fear of God, which is the Old Testament token of piety, is implied in the next verse.