5 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

Verse ConceptsConfusionLack Of InsightWombGod Is TruthfulDullnessMisunderstood TruthLimitations Of Old PeopleBirth Not Being PossibleImpossible For PeoplemomsJesus BirthStress And Hard Timesrebirth

Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham?

But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

Verse ConceptsAskingNot Knowing How

That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.

Verse ConceptsAskingAgeMaturityparenthood

Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go.

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsStretching OutFreshness Of YouthClothing OneselfClothing OthersChrist Telling The TruthPeople Unwilling

Bible Theasaurus

Ancient (98 instances)
Elder (43 instances)
Eldest (29 instances)
Former (176 instances)
Older (92 instances)
Previous (37 instances)
Sometime (23 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain