Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service before God in the order of his course,
Cross References
Genesis 15:2And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.
Genesis 17:17And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis 25:21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived.
Judges 13:2And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
1 Samuel 1:5but to Hannah he used to give a double portion, for he loved Hannah; but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
2 Kings 4:14And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi said, Verily, 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 →