9 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.”

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

And behold, 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

And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; 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 wine will 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 good enough.’”

Verse ConceptsOld ThingsDrunkennessNew

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildPressingNearness Of DeathOnly Child Of PeopleDeath Looms Near

and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen again.

Verse ConceptsJesus The Prophet

They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.”

Verse ConceptsJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

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