Luke 1:36
See, your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age. This is the sixth month for her, she who was called barren.
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37For nothing will be impossible for God.”
Cross References
Genesis 11:30Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 18:11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, very advanced in age, and Sarah had passed the age when women could bear children.
2 Kings 4:17But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the same time in the following year, as Elisha had said to her.
Hebrews 11:11It was by faith, even though Sarah herself was barren, that Abraham received ability to father a child. This happened even though he was too old, since he considered as faithful the one who had given the promise. + 11:11 There is some question about whether it was Abraham's faith or Sarah's faith that was in view. By faith Sarah, though she was old, received the power to have a child, even though she was too old to bear a child, since she considered the one who gave the promise to be faithful .
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:27-39
The Birth of Christ Foretold. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said… Read the whole commentary →