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. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
• Num 6:2–4“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,
• Eph 5:18Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
• Luke 7:33For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
• Gal 1:15But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
• Judg 13:4–6Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing:
• Acts 2:4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
• Josh 4:14On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
• Luke 7:28“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”
• 1 Chr 17:8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
• Ps 22:9But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.
• Gen 12:2I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
• Acts 2:14–18But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
• Josh 3:7Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
• 1 Chr 29:12Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all!
• Zech 9:15Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
• Gen 48:19His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
• Matt 11:9–19But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
• John 5:35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

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