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 1:5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
• Num 6:2–4Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
• Eph 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
• Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
• Gal 1:15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
• Judg 13:4–6Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
• Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
• Josh 4:14On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
• Luke 7:28For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
• 1 Chr 17:8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
• Ps 22:9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
• Gen 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
• Acts 2:14–18But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
• Josh 3:7And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
• 1 Chr 29:12Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
• Zech 9:15The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
• Gen 48:19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
• Matt 11:9–19But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
• John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

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