Verse 18

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.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
  • Luke 1:34 : 34 And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?
  • Gen 15:8 : 8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:
  • Gen 18:12 : 12 And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 Then Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, I will give them flesh to be their food for a month. 22 Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full? 23 And the Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord's hand become short? Now you will see if my word comes true for you or not.
  • Judg 6:36-40 : 36 Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said, 37 See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said. 38 And it was so: for he got up early on the morning after, and twisting the wool in his hands, he got a basin full of water from the dew on the wool. 39 Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew. 40 And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
  • Isa 38:22 : 22 And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.