Luke 1:7

And there was no child to them because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

In Context

6And they were both righteous before God, going in all the commandments and righteous things of the Lord blameless.

8But it came to pass during his service as a priest in the course of his division in the presence of God,

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Cross References

Genesis 15:2And Abram said, O lord LORD, what will thou give me, since I go childless. And he who shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

Genesis 25:21And Isaac entreated LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Judges 13:2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, and did not bear.

1 Samuel 1:5but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but LORD had shut up her womb.

2 Kings 4:14And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no son, and her husband is old.

Matthew Henry on Luke 1:6-26

The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →

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