Luke 1:18

Good News Translation

Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know if this is so? I am an old man, and my wife is old also.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:8

But Abram asked, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that it will be mine?”

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?”

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself and said, “Now that I am old and worn out, can I still enjoy sex? And besides, my husband is old too.”

2 Kings 7:2

The personal attendant of the king said to Elisha, “That can't happen—not even if the Lord himself were to send grain at once!” “You will see it happen, but you won't get to eat any of the food,” Elisha replied.

Isaiah 38:22

Then King Hezekiah asked, “What is the sign to prove that I will be able to go to the Temple?”

Luke 1:34

Mary said to the angel, “I am a virgin. How, then, can this be?”

Luke 1:7

They had no children because Elizabeth could not have any, and she and Zechariah were both very old.

Romans 4:19

He was then almost one hundred years old; but his faith did not weaken when he thought of his body, which was already practically dead, or of the fact that Sarah could not have children.