Luke 1:18 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
Ζαχαρίας	Zacharias	Zechariah	G2197 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἄγγελον·	angelon	angel;	G32 →
κατὰ	kata	By	G2596 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
γνώσομαι	gnōsomai	will I know	G1097 →
τοῦτο;	touto	this?	G3778 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
εἰμι	eimi	am	G1510 →
πρεσβύτης,	presbutēs	an old man,	G4246 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
γυνή	gunē	wife	G1135 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
προβεβηκυῖα	probebēkuia	having advanced	G4260 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
ἡμέραις	hēmerais	years	G2250 →
αὐτῆς.¶	autēs	of her.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 18:12
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
leads to
- 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?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 3:6
  just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
- Luke 1:18–20
  “How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
Through
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.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:11–19
  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.
- Romans 4:20–21
  Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
Through
Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
leads to
- 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.
Through
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?”
leads to
- Genesis 18:12
  So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- Genesis 21:6
  Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”Genesis 17:17Abraham 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?”Genesis 18:12So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”Isaiah 38:22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.Romans 4:20Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,Romans 4:19Without 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.Luke 1:34“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”Judges 6:36–40Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,Romans 4:18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”Numbers 11:21–23But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’Genesis 15:8But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”Genesis 18:11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.Numbers 11:22If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

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