Luke 1:18

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:8

“Lord God,” he asked, “how will I know that I will possess it?”

Genesis 17:17

Abraham fell face down and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at ninety?”

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself and said, “Now that I am worn out and my husband is old, am I still to have sexual pleasure?”

2 Kings 7:2

But the adjutant, upon whose arm the king leaned, answered the man of God, “Even if the Lord were to make windows in heaven, how could this happen?” Elisha said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah asked, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”

Luke 1:34

But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?”

Luke 1:7

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years.

Romans 4:19

He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body as [already] dead (for he was almost a hundred years old) and the dead womb of Sarah.