Luka 1:18

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Dhe Zakaria i tha engjëllit: ''Nga se do ta njoh këtë? Sepse unë jam plak dhe gruaja ime është e kaluar në moshë''.

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Whereby: Luke 1:34, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:12, Judges 6:36-40, Isaiah 38:22

for: Luke 1:7, Numbers 11:21-23, 2 Kings 7:2, Romans 4:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:11 - old Genesis 18:14 - I will Numbers 11:22 - General 2 Kings 4:16 - do not lie Romans 4:18 - against Romans 4:20 - staggered

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Zacharias said unto the angel, whereby shall I know this?.... Notwithstanding such an appearance of an angel to him, which in those times was not so usual, and this in the holy place; and the things themselves which were told him, and these as the return of prayer; yet he distrusted, and wanted a sign, whereby he might know the truth of them, as the Jews were generally desirous of, and as the father of them was; who expressed himself in much such language, on a certain occasion, as this his son did; see

Genesis 15:8.

For I am an old man; at least sixty years of age; for with the Jews, sixty years were reckoned, לזקנה, "for old age" w; and a man of these years, was accounted an old man: and the Jewish Rabbins observe x, that the word for old age in Job 30:2 is by "gematry, sixty"; that is, the letters of the word, numerically make so much. The Mahometan writers, as before observed on Luke 1:7 make him to be ninety nine years of age: he was not discharged from service; the Levites were at fifty, but not the priests; blemishes, as the Jewish writers say y, made them unfit for service, but years did not: and even the law concerning the Levites, they say z, only respected the time they carried the sanctuary from place to place, and not future generations; and that they are disqualified neither by blemishes, nor by years, only by voice, for singing of the song; but then they might be among the porters; so that they were not on that account laid aside from all service:

and my wife well stricken in years. The Mahometan writers, as before, say, she was "eighty nine"; a like objection Abraham made, though he afterwards got over it, and was strong in faith, giving glory to God, believing in his power and faithfulness; see Genesis 17:17.

w Misn. Abot, c. 5. sect. 21. & Maimon. in ib. x R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 24. 2. y T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 24. 1. z Maimon. Hilch. Cele Hamikdash, c. 3. sect. 8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whereby shall I know this? - The thing was improbable, and he desired “evidence” that it would take place. The testimony of an “angel,” and in such a place, should have been proof enough; but people are slow to believe the testimony of heavenly messengers. As a consequence of not believing, he was struck mute.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 1:18. Whereby shall I know this? — All things are possible to God: no natural impediment can have any power when God has declared he will accomplish his purpose. He has a right to be believed on his own word alone; and it is impious, when we are convinced that it is his word, to demand a sign or pledge for its fulfilment.