Luke 1:13

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But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.

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  • Judg 13:3-5 : 3 The LORD’s angel appeared to the woman and said to her,“You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son. 4 Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. 5 Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”
  • 1 Sam 2:21 : 21 And indeed the LORD attended to Hannah. She got pregnant and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. But the boy Samuel grew up before the LORD.
  • Ps 113:9 : 9 He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!
  • Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand. 5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.
  • Luke 1:30 : 30 So the angel said to her,“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 and said,‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.
  • Luke 1:60-63 : 60 But his mother replied,“No! He must be named John.” 61 They said to her,“But none of your relatives bears this name.” 62 So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son. 63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote,“His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
  • Luke 2:21 : 21 At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
  • Luke 24:36-40 : 36 Jesus Makes a Final Appearance While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,“Peace be with you.” 37 But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 Then he said to them,“Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.” 40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
  • Isa 8:3 : 3 I then approached the prophetess for marital relations; she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD told me,“Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,
  • Ps 118:21 : 21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me, and have become my deliverer.
  • Hos 1:4 : 4 Then the LORD said to Hosea,“Name him‘Jezreel,’ because in a little while I will punish the dynasty of Jehu on account of the bloodshed in the valley of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
  • Hos 1:6 : 6 She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the LORD said to him,“Name her‘No Pity’(Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt.
  • Hos 1:9-9 : 9 Then the LORD said:“Name him‘Not My People’(Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God.” 10 The Restoration of Israel(2:1) However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them,“You are not my people,” it will be said to them,“You are children of the living God!”
  • Matt 1:21 : 21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
  • Matt 14:27 : 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them:“Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
  • Matt 28:5 : 5 But the angel said to the women,“Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
  • Mark 16:6 : 6 But he said to them,“Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.
  • 2 Kgs 4:16-17 : 16 He said,“About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said,“No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!” 17 The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
  • 1 Sam 1:20-23 : 20 Then Hannah became pregnant. Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LordIn the course of time she gave birth to a son. And she named him Samuel, thinking,“I asked the LORD for him.” 21 Then the man Elkanah and all his family went up to make the yearly sacrifice to the LORD and to keep his vow. 22 But Hannah did not go up with them, because she had told her husband,“Not until the boy is weaned. Then I will bring him so that he may appear before the LORD. And he will remain there from then on.” 23 Then her husband Elkanah said to her,“Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD fulfill his promise.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
  • Gen 17:10 : 10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
  • Gen 17:19 : 19 God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
  • Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
  • Judg 6:23 : 23 The LORD said to him,“You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”
  • Dan 10:12 : 12 Then he said to me,“Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:11-12
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    11 An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.

    12 And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.

  • Luke 1:14-15
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    14 Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

    15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

  • Luke 1:17-21
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    17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

    18 Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

    19 The angel answered him,“I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

    20 And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place.”

    21 Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

  • Luke 1:23-32
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    23 When his time of service was over, he went to his home.

    24 After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,

    25 “This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”

    26 Birth Announcement of Jesus the Messiah In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

    27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.

    28 The angel came to her and said,“Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”

    29 But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

    30 So the angel said to her,“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!

    31 Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

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

  • Luke 1:34-38
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    34 Mary said to the angel,“How will this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”

    35 The angel replied,“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.

    36 “And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age– although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

    37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”

    38 So Mary said,“Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

  • 5 Birth Announcement of John the Baptist During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.

  • Luke 1:65-67
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    65 All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

    66 All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying,“What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.

    67 Zechariah’s Praise and Prediction Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

  • 3 The LORD’s angel appeared to the woman and said to her,“You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.

  • Luke 1:57-63
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    57 The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

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

    59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

    60 But his mother replied,“No! He must be named John.”

    61 They said to her,“But none of your relatives bears this name.”

    62 So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

    63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote,“His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

  • Luke 1:40-45
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    40 and entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.

    41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

    42 She exclaimed with a loud voice,“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!

    43 And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

    44 For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

    45 And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

  • Matt 1:20-21
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    20 When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

    21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

  • 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

  • Luke 1:7-8
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    7 But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

    8 Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

  • 23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”

  • 7 He said to me,‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.’”

  • 25 but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.