9 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

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.”

Verse ConceptsOld Age, DisabilitiesdoubtersAssurance in the life of faithMiracles, Responses ToOld Age, Attainment OfSure Knowledgegabriel

And listen, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesJohn The BaptistOld Age, Attainment OfChildlessnessMonth 6Relatives

There was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, and had lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage,

Verse ConceptsProphetessSeven YearsAgeWaiting Till Marriagemumsmarraigematrimonyvirginity

And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the Feast;

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveTraditions

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old one; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMendingRepairingUnusedNot Like Things

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new [fermenting] wine will [expand and] burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined.

Verse ConceptsBreaking ContainersOld ThingsFreshWineskins And Vats

And no one, after drinking old wine, wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is fine.’”

Verse ConceptsOld ThingsDrunkennessNew

and by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the [other] prophets of old had been resurrected.

Verse ConceptsJesus The Prophet

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