Luke 1:18

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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.”

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  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
  • Luke 1:34 : 34 Mary said to the angel,“How will this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”
  • Gen 15:8 : 8 But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to possess it?”
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
  • Gen 18:12 : 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,“After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 Moses said,“The people around me are 600,000 on foot; but you say,‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22 Would they have enough if the flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?” 23 And the LORD said to Moses,“Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”
  • Judg 6:36-40 : 36 Gideon said to God,“If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof. 37 Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it is dry, then I will be sure that you will use me to deliver Israel, as you promised.” 38 The LORD did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. 39 Gideon said to God,“Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” 40 That night God did as he asked. Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man responded to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
  • Isa 38:22 : 22 Hezekiah said,“What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the LORD’s temple?”
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

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  • Luke 1:19-32
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    19The 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.

    20And 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.”

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

    22When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak.

    23When his time of service was over, he went to his home.

    24After 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.”

    26Birth 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,

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

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

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

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

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

    32He 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 1:11-15
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    11An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.

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

    13But 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.

    14Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

    15for 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 1:34-38
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    34Mary said to the angel,“How will this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”

    35The 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!

    37For nothing will be impossible with God.”

    38So 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.

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    66All 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.

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

  • Luke 1:5-8
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    5Birth 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.

    6They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

    7But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

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

  • Luke 1:17
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    17And 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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Luke 1:57-60
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    57The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

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

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

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

  • Judg 13:3
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    3The 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 1:75-76
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    75in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

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

  • Matt 1:20
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    20When 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.

  • Gen 18:13
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    13The LORD said to Abraham,“Why did Sarah laugh and say,‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

  • Matt 1:18
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    18The Birth of Jesus Christ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 1:22
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    22This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

  • Gen 17:17
    69%

    17Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

  • Luke 1:48
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    48because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,