Luke 1:13
and the messenger said to him, “Do not fear, Zacharias, for your supplication was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you will call his name John,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;
14and there will be joy to you, and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,
Cross References
Genesis 17:10this [is] My covenant which you keep between Me and you, and your seed after you: every male of you [is] to be circumcised;
Genesis 18:14Is anything too wonderful for YHWH? At the appointed time I return to you, about the time of life, and Sarah has a son.”
Judges 6:23And YHWH says to him, “Peace to you; do not fear; you do not die.”
1 Samuel 1:20and it comes to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceives, and bears a son, and calls his name Samuel, for, “I have asked for him from YHWH.”
2 Kings 4:16and he says, “At this season, according to the time of life, you are embracing a son”; and she says, “No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.”
Psalms 118:21I thank You, for You have answered me, || And are to me for salvation.
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 →