Luke 1:18
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
Luke 1:18 in other translations
| 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.” |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And Zacharias said unto the messenger, ‘Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?' |
| DARBY | And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this, for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in years? |
| BBE | And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years. |
| Webster | And Zacharias said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife far advanced in years. |
What does Luke 1:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
(w) Gen 17:17
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 1:5-25
The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were eminent for piety and integrity. They had no children, and it could not be expected that Elisabeth should have any in her old age. While Zacharias was burning incense in the temple, the whole multitude of the people were praying without. All the prayers we offer up to God, are…
Luke 1:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 1:18
- 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?
- Genesis 18:12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
- Isaiah 38:22
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
- Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
- Luke 1:34
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
- 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.
- 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:
- Judges 6:36-40
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. …
- Genesis 15:8
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
- Numbers 11:21-23
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
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Context
- Luke 1:17
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.
- Luke 1:18
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
- Luke 1:19
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.
Luke 1:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo Zacarías al ángel: ¿En qué conoceré esto? porque yo soy viejo, y mi mujer avanzada en días. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Zacharie dit à l’ange: Comment connaîtrai-je cela? car moi, je suis un vieillard, et ma femme est fort avancée en âge. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Zacharias sprach zu dem Engel: Woran soll ich dies erkennen? denn ich bin ein alter Mann, und mein Weib ist weit vorgerückt in ihren Tagen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixit Zacharias ad angelum: Unde hoc sciam? ego enim sum senex, et uxor mea processit in diebus suis. |