Luke 1:18

New Living Translation

Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure this will happen? I’m an old man now, and my wife is also well along in years.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:8

But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?”

Genesis 18:12

So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”

2 Kings 7:2

The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn’t happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!” But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!”

Isaiah 38:22

And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the Lord?”

Luke 1:34

Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”

Luke 1:7

They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to conceive, and they were both very old.

Romans 4:19

And Abraham’s faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead—and so was Sarah’s womb.