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Luke 1:18

Zacharias
Doubt

16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, 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.

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

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

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

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
KJV
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
WEB
Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
ASV
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
DARBY
And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for *I* am an old man, and my wife advanced in years?
BLB
And Zechariah said to the angel, “By what will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days.”
ÅB
Og Sakarias sa til engelen: Hvorav skal jeg vite dette? Jeg er jo en gammel mann, og min hustru er langt ute i årene.
OTB
Sakarja sa til engelen: “Hvordan kan jeg være sikker på dette? For jeg er en gammel mann, og min kone er langt oppe i årene.”
B1930
Og Sakarias sa til engelen: Hvorav skal jeg vite dette? Jeg er jo en gammel mann, og min hustru er langt ute i årene.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 17:17

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

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  • Genesis 18:12

    Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

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  • Isaiah 38:22

    Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

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  • Luke 1:7

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

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  • Luke 1:34

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

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  • 2 Kings 7:2

    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, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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  • Romans 4:19

    And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

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  • Judges 6:36–40

    And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

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