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The New Testament does not give an age for Zachariah, only that he, according to his own words "I am an old man" Luke 1:18. Using the Old Testament as our commentary, according to Numbers 8:24-25, the age of service for the Levitical priests was 25 to 50 years of age. With 50 being the mandatory retirement age, he would have been a maximum of 49 at his visitation. If his retirement was within the next 9 months he would have been 50 at John's birth.

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His exact age isn't given. Luke 1:7 says that he and his wife Elizabeth "were both well advanced in years."

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Zacharias was 50 or thereabout since that is the top age that the Priests were allowed to offer incense and be an active priest in the Temple. First people did not live as long or as sexually active as in our day with its constant bombardment of sex, and with the abundance of things like Viagra there are still many men who are not either potent or able to father children - or post-menopausal women at 50.

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According to the traditions which i know the prophet zecariah was of 90 when john the baptist(yahya) was born...

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The age of Zachariah is not specifically mentioned in the New Testament. He was not very young, however. This is known because his wife, Elizabeth, was well past the age of childbirth.

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