Luke 1:18 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know this for certain? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know and be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years. American Standard Version (1901) And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. Common English Bible Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? My wife and I are very old.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Zechariah said to the Angel: "How may I know this? For I am elderly, and my wife is advanced in years." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years. |
But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.
Because he was not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, now as good as dead (since he was somewhere around a hundred years old), or the deadness of Sarah's womb.