'Old' in the Bible

They had no children because Elizabeth was barren and because both of them were getting old.

Then Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this, since I am an old man, and my wife is getting older?"

And listen! Elizabeth, your relative, has herself conceived a son in her old age, this woman who was rumored to be barren is in her sixth month.

Now Anna, a prophetess, was also there. She was a descendant of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage,

When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to the festival as usual.

Jesus himself was about 30 years old when he began his ministry. He was (as legally calculated) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Then he told them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, the new cloth will tear, and the piece from the new won't match the old.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will make the skins burst, the wine will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.

No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine, because he says, "The old wine is good enough!'"

because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. While Jesus was on his way, the crowds continued to press in on him.