Luke 1:18 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁸ Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know this for certain? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know and be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? My wife and I are very old.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And Zechariah said to the Angel: "How may I know this? For I am elderly, and my wife is advanced in years."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.

Luke 1:18 Cross References

Luke 1:34

Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”

Luke 1:7

But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.

Romans 4:19

Because he was not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, now as good as dead (since he was somewhere around a hundred years old), or the deadness of Sarah's womb.