Luke 1:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
  • Luke 1:34 : 34 Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I do not know a man?
  • Gen 15:8 : 8 And he said, Lord GOD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.
  • Gen 18:12 : 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown 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 You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall the flocks and the 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 the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD's hand shortened? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass to you or not.
  • Judg 6:36-40 : 36 And Gideon said unto God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said. 38 And it was so. For he rose up early the next morning, and squeezed together the fleece, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not your anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray you, 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 a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.
  • Isa 38:22 : 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 They had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

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  • Luke 1:19-32
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    19The angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.

    20And behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.

    21The people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple.

    22When he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he beckoned to them and remained speechless.

    23As soon as the days of his service were completed, he departed to his own house.

    24After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

    25Thus the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.

    26In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

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

    28The angel came to her and said, Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women.

    29When she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was.

    30The angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

    31Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call His name JESUS.

    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

  • Luke 1:11-15
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    11An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

    12When Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

    13But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

    14You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Luke 1:34-38
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    34Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I do not know a man?

    35The angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. Therefore, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

    36Now, indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

    37For with God nothing will be impossible.

    38Mary said, Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    66All those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, What kind of child will this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

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

  • Luke 1:5-8
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    5In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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

    7They had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

    8It came to pass, while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

  • Luke 1:17
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    17He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • Luke 1:40-45
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    40Entered the house of Zacharias, and greeted Elizabeth.

    41When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

    42She spoke out with a loud voice and said, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

    43But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

    44For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

    45Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.

  • Luke 1:57-60
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    57Now Elizabeth's full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son.

    58Her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

    59So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias.

    60His mother answered and said, No; he shall be called John.

  • Judg 13:3
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    3And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have no children: but you shall conceive and bear a son.

  • Luke 1:75-76
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    75In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

    76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

  • Matt 1:20
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    20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

  • Gen 18:13
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    13And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?

  • Matt 1:18
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    18Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way: When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 1:22
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    22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

  • Gen 17:17
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    17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?

  • Luke 1:48
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    48For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.