Luke 1:15

John will be great before the Lord, set apart from wine and filled with the Holy Spirit even before birth. He is consecrated for a unique mission.

Cross-references · 19

• Jer 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
• Num 6:2–4“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
• Eph 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
• Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
• Gal 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
• Judg 13:4–6Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
• Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
• Josh 4:14On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
• Luke 7:28I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
• 1 Chr 17:8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
• Ps 22:9Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
• Gen 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
• Acts 2:14–18Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.
• Josh 3:7Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
• 1 Chr 29:12Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
• Zech 9:15The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
• Gen 48:19But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
• Matt 11:9–19What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
• John 5:35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

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