Luke 1:7

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Events

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• John's birth predictedc. 6 BC

Related verses

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• 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.
• Genesis 18:11
  And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
• 1 Samuel 1:2
  He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
• 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.
• 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?”
• 2 Kings 4:14
  So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
• Judges 13:2–3
  Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
• Genesis 16:1–2
  Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
• Genesis 30:1
  When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
• 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.
• 1 Kings 1:1
  Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
• Genesis 15:2–3
  But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

People

Elizabeth: The wife of Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist

Glossary

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

Topics

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Barren Women· Barrenness: Miraculously Removed: Elisabeth· Elisabeth (Elizabeth): The Wife of Zacharias and the Mother of John the Baptist· Joy of Elisabeth, when Mary Visited Her· Temple: Herod the Great's Temple: Zacharias, officiating Priest In, Has a Vision of an Angel· Years: (Well Stricken In) Old Age· Zacharias (Zechariah): The Father of John the Baptist