Luke 1:18

The Prediction Of John The Baptist's Birth

¹⁷ It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous [which is to seek and submit to the will of God]—in order to make ready a people [perfectly] prepared [spiritually and morally] for the Lord.” ¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I be certain of this? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in age.” ¹⁹ The angel replied and said to him, “I am Gabriel; I stand and minister in the [very] presence of God, and I have been sent [by Him] to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Advanced in Years

Old Man

Well Advanced in Years

Stricken In Years

Well Stricken In Years

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Zachariah

Zacharias

Zechariah

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

Genesis 15:8

But Abram said, “Lord God, by what [proof] will I know that I will inherit it?”

Luke 1:34

Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin and have no intimacy with any man?”

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself [when she heard the Lord’s words], saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband) being also old?”

Numbers 11:21-23

But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 [fighting men] on foot [besides all the women and children]; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat it for a whole month!’

Judges 6:36-40

Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to rescue Israel through me, as You have spoken,

2 Kings 7:2

Then the royal officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “If the Lord should make windows in heaven [for the rain], could this thing take place?” Elisha said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but [because you doubt] you will not eat of it.”

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?”

Luke 1:7

But they were childless, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both far advanced in years.

Romans 4:19

Without becoming weak in faith he considered his own body, now as good as dead [for producing children] since he was about a hundred years old, and [he considered] the deadness of Sarah’s womb.