Luke 1:25

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Events

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• John's birth predictedc. 6 BC

Related verses

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• Genesis 30:22–23
  Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
• Isaiah 54:1–4
  “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
• Isaiah 4:1
  In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
• Genesis 21:1–2
  Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
• 1 Samuel 1:6
  Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
• Genesis 25:21
  Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
• Hebrews 11:11
  By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
• 1 Samuel 1:19–20
  The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
• 1 Samuel 2:21–22
  So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
• Luke 1:13
  But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

Glossary

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Angel· Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament)· Book of the Acts of the Apostles· Elizabeth· Gospel· Luke, Gospel of· Virgin Birth of Jesus· Zacharias· Zechariah (Person)

Topics

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Barrenness: A Reproach· Barrenness: Miraculously Removed: Elisabeth· Childlessness: A Reproach· Children: Not to Have: A Reproach in Israel· Conception: Miraculous: Elisabeth· Elisabeth (Elizabeth): The Wife of Zacharias and the Mother of John the Baptist· Joy of Elisabeth, when Mary Visited Her· Miracles: Catalogue of The Conception by Elizabeth· Zacharias (Zechariah): The Father of John the Baptist