Luke 1:7

And they had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren: and both were well stricken in age.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

6Both were iust before God, and walked in all the commandements and ordinances of the Lord, without reproofe.

8And it came to passe, as he executed the Priestes office before God, as his course came in order,

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Cross References

Genesis 15:2And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?

Genesis 25:21And Izhak prayed vuto the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued,

Judges 13:2Then there was a man in Zorah of the familie of the Danites, named Manoah, whose wife was baren, and bare not.

1 Samuel 1:5But vnto Hannah he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hannah, and the Lord had made her barren.

2 Kings 4:14Againe he sayde, What is then to be done for her? Then Gehazi answered, In deede she hath no sonne, and her husband is olde.

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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