Luke 1:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

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.

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?
  • Luke 1:34 : 34 Then sayde Marie vnto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I knowe not man?
  • Gen 15:8 : 8 And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.
  • Gen 18:12 : 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within her selfe, saying, After I am waxed olde, and my lord also, shall I haue lust?
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 And Moses saide, Six hundreth thousande footemen are there of the people, among whom I am: and thou saiest, I will giue them flesh, that they may eate a moneth long. 22 Shall the sheepe and the beeues be slaine for them, to finde them? Either shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them? 23 And the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Is the Lordes hand shortened? Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee, or no.
  • Judg 6:36-40 : 36 Then Gideon said vnto God, If thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as thou hast sayd, 37 Beholde, I wil put a fleece of wooll in the threshing place: if the dewe come on the fleece onely, and it be drie vpon all the earth, then shall I be sure, that thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And so it was: for he rose vp earely on the morow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, and filled a bowle of water. 39 Againe, Gideon sayde vnto God, Be not angry with me, that I may speake once more: let me prooue once againe, I pray thee, with the fleece: let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and let dewe be vpon all the ground. 40 And God did so that same night: for it was drie vpon the fleece onely, and there was dewe on all the ground.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then a prince, on whose hande the King leaned, answered the man of God, and saide, Though the Lorde would make windowes in the heauen, could this thing come to passe? And he said, Beholde, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eate thereof.
  • Isa 38:22 : 22 Also Hezekiah had said, What is ye signe, that I shall goe vp into the House of the Lord?
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 And they had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren: and both were well stricken in age.

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  • Luke 1:19-32
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    86%

    19And the Angell answered, and sayde vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, & to shew thee these good tidings.

    20And beholde, thou shalt be domme, & not be able to speake, vntill the day that these things be done, because thou beleeuedst not my words, which shalbe fulfilled in their season.

    21Now the people waited for Zacharias, and marueiled that he taried so long in the Temple.

    22And when hee came out, hee coulde not speake vnto them: then they perceiued that hee had seene a vision in the Temple: For he made signes vnto them, and remained domme.

    23And it came to passe, when the daies of his office were fulfilled, that he departed to his owne house.

    24And after those daies, his wife Elisabet conceiued, and hid her selfe fiue moneths, saying,

    25Thus hath the Lorde dealt with me, in the daies wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.

    26And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,

    27To a virgin affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, & the virgins name was Marie.

    28And the Angel went in vnto her, and said, Haile thou that art freely beloued: the Lorde is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

    29And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and thought what maner of salutation that should be.

    30Then the Angel saide vnto her, Feare not, Marie: for thou hast found fauour with God.

    31For loe, thou shalt conceiue in thy wobe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus.

    32He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lorde God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid.

  • Luke 1:11-15
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    11Then appeared vnto him an Angel of the Lorde standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

    12And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare fell vpon him.

    13But the Angel saide vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wise Elisabet shall beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.

    14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnes, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

    15For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

  • Luke 1:34-38
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    34Then sayde Marie vnto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I knowe not man?

    35And the Angel answered, & said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.

    36And behold, thy cousin Elisabet, she hath also conceiued a sonne in her olde age: and this is her sixt moneth, which was called barren.

    37For with God shall nothing be vnpossible.

    38Then Marie said, Behold the seruant of the Lord: be it vnto me according to thy woorde. So the Angel departed from her.

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    66And al they that heard them, laid them vp in their hearts, saying, What maner childe shall this be! and the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67Then his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

  • Luke 1:5-8
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    5In the time of Herod King of Iudea, there was a certaine Priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabet.

    6Both were iust before God, and walked in all the commandements and ordinances of the Lord, without reproofe.

    7And they had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren: and both were well stricken in age.

    8And it came to passe, as he executed the Priestes office before God, as his course came in order,

  • Luke 1:17
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    17For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • Luke 1:40-45
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    40And entred into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabet.

    41And it came to passe, as Elisabet heard the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her bellie, and Elisabet was filled with the holy Ghost.

    42And she cried with a loud voice, and saide, Blessed art thou among women, because the fruit of thy wombe is blessed.

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

    44For loe, assoone as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my bellie for ioye,

    45And blessed is shee that beleeued: for those things shall be perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lord.

  • Luke 1:57-60
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    57Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.

    58And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lorde had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.

    59And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.

    60But his mother answered, and saide, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

  • Judg 13:3
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    3And the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto the woman, and said vnto her, Beholde nowe, thou art baren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne.

  • Luke 1:75-76
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    75All the daies of our life, in holinesse and righteousnesse before him.

    76And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,

  • Matt 1:20
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    20But whiles he thought these things, behold, the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him in a dreame, saying, Ioseph, the sonne of Dauid, feare not to take Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiued in her, is of the holy Ghost.

  • Gen 18:13
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    13And ye Lord saide vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainely beare a childe, which am olde?

  • Matt 1:18
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    18Nowe the birth of Iesvs Christ was thus, When as his mother Mary was betrothed to Ioseph, before they came together, shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.

  • Matt 1:22
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    22And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

  • Gen 17:17
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    17Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?

  • Luke 1:48
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    48For hee hath looked on the poore degree of his seruaunt: for beholde, from henceforth shall all ages call me blessed,