Luke 1:7
And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.
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In Context
6They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
8Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,
Cross References
Genesis 15:2And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
Genesis 17:17Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
Genesis 25:21Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.
Judges 13:2Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.
1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.
2 Kings 4:14So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, 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 →