Luke 1:18

Modern

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Traditional

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

Literal

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.”

Latin

Et dixit Zacharias ad angelum: Unde hoc sciam? ego enim sum senex, et uxor mea processit in diebus suis.

Greek

English

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Theme notes and profiles

Genesis 18:12
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
Isaiah 38:22
And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
Luke 1:34
“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
Romans 4:19
Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
2 Kings 7:2
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
Judges 6:36–40
Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
Genesis 15:8
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
Numbers 11:21–23
But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

Zechariah: Priest, father of John the Baptist