Luke 1:18

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
  • Luke 1:34 : 34 And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
  • Gen 15:8 : 8 And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;
  • Gen 18:12 : 12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
  • Judg 6:36-40 : 36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken, 37 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken. 38 And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
  • Isa 38:22 : 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:19-32
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    86%

    19And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.

    20And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

    21And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marvelled while he tarried in the temple.

    22And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: and he continued making signs unto them, and remained dumb.

    23And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were fulfilled, he departed unto his house.

    24And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,

    25Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.

    26Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

    27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

    28And he came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord [is] with thee.

    29But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this might be.

    30And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God.

    31And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

    32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

  • Luke 1:11-15
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    11And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of altar of incense.

    12And Zacharias was troubled when he saw [him], and fear fell upon him.

    13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

    14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

    15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Luke 1:34-38
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    79%

    34And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

    35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

    36And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.

    37For no word from God shall be void of power.

    38And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

  • Luke 1:66-67
    2 verses
    78%

    66And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

  • Luke 1:5-8
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    78%

    5There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

    6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

    7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.

    8Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

  • Luke 1:17
    73%

    17And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him] .

  • Luke 1:40-45
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    73%

    40and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.

    41And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;

    42and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb.

    43And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?

    44For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

    45And blessed [is] she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.

  • Luke 1:57-60
    4 verses
    73%

    57Now Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

    58And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

    59And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

    60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

  • Judg 13:3
    73%

    3And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

  • Luke 1:75-76
    2 verses
    71%

    75In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

    76Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

  • Matt 1:20
    70%

    20But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

  • Gen 18:13
    70%

    13And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

  • Matt 1:18
    69%

    18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 1:22
    69%

    22Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

  • Gen 17:17
    69%

    17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

  • Luke 1:48
    69%

    48For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.