Luke 1:18

New English Translation

Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:8

But Abram said, “O sovereign Lord, by what can I know that I am to possess it?”

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”

2 Kings 7:2

An officer who was the king’s right-hand man responded to the prophet, “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah said, “What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

Luke 1:34

Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?”

Luke 1:7

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

Romans 4:19

Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.