Luke 1:36

Good News Translation (US Version)

Remember your relative Elizabeth. It is said that she cannot have children, but she herself is now six months pregnant, even though she is very old.

Cross References

Luke 1:5

During the time when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife's name was Elizabeth; she also belonged to a priestly family.

Luke 1:35

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and God's power will rest upon you. For this reason the holy child will be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:37

For there is nothing that God cannot do.”

Genesis 11:30

Sarai was not able to have children.

Genesis 16:1

Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

Genesis 18:11

Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah had stopped having her monthly periods.

Genesis 21:2

and she became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham when he was old. The boy was born at the time God had said he would be born.

2 Kings 4:17

But, as Elisha had said, at about that time the following year she gave birth to a son.

Ecclesiastes 3:2

He sets the time for birth and the time for death, the time for planting and the time for pulling up,

Hebrews 11:11

It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise.