Luke 1:18

And Zacharias said to the angel: According to what shall I know this? for I am old and my wife advanced in her days.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

In Context

17And he will go before Him in the spirit and Power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient unto the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people made ready for the Lord.

19And the angel responding said to him; I am Gabriel standing in the presence of God, and am sent to speak to you and to preach to you these things.

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Cross References

Luke 1:7And there was no child to them, as Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

Romans 4:19and being not weak in faith, he considered not his body already dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb:

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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