Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."
and my wife well stricken in years. The Mahometan writers, as before, say, she was "eighty nine"; a like objection Abraham made, though he afterwards got over it, and was strong in faith, giving glory to God, believing in his power and faithfulness; see Genesis 17:17.