Luke 1:7

And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.

8And it came to pass, when he executed the priestly function in the order of his course before God,

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Cross References

Genesis 15:2And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.

Genesis 17:17Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

Genesis 25:21And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

Judges 13:2Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.

1 Samuel 1:5But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up her womb.

2 Kings 4:14And he said : What will she then that I do for her? And Giezi said: Do not ask, for she hath 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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