Luke 1:18 ““How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old m…”

Luke 1:18

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

American Standard 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Zacharias said vnto ye Angel, Whereby shall I knowe this? for I am an olde man, and my wife is of a great age.

Darby Translation

And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?

Young's Literal Translation

And Zacharias said unto the messenger, 'Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

Bible in Basic English

And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

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Cross references

“Whereby”

Genesis 17:17 Genesis 18:12 Isaiah 38:22 Luke 1:34 Judges 6:36–40 Genesis 15:8

Genesis 17:17 · BSB

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Genesis 18:12 · BSB

So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

Isaiah 38:22 · BSB

And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”

Luke 1:34 · BSB

“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

Judges 6:36–40 · BSB

Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,

Genesis 15:8 · BSB

But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

“for”

Luke 1:7 2 Kings 7:2 Romans 4:19 Numbers 11:21–23

Luke 1:7 · BSB

But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

2 Kings 7:2 · BSB

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will…

Romans 4:19 · BSB

Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

Numbers 11:21–23 · BSB

But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

19“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

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