Luke 1:36
And lo! Elisabeth, thy cousin, and she also hath conceived a son in her old (age), and this month is the sixth to her that is called barren;
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
37for every word shall not be impossible with God. (for nothing is impossible with God.)
Cross References
Genesis 11:30Soothly Sarai was barren, and had no children.
Genesis 18:11Forsooth both were old, and of great age, and woman’s terms ceased to be made to Sarah (or and a woman’s terms had ceased to be made with Sarah).
2 Kings 4:17And the woman conceived, and childed a son in the time, and in the same hour, in which Elisha had said. (And the woman conceived, and bare a son at the time, and at the hour, in which Elisha had said.)
Hebrews 11:11By faith also that Sara barren, took virtue in conceiving of seed, (or Also by faith Sarah who was barren, received strength to conceive by seed), yea, against the time of age; for she believed him true, that had promised (it).
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 →