Luke 1:80

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

As John grew up, God's Spirit gave him great power. John lived in the desert until the time he was sent to the people of Israel.

Cross References

Matthew 11:7

As John's followers were going away, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John: What sort of person did you go out into the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind?

Matthew 3:1

Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea.

Luke 1:15

Your son will be a great servant of the Lord. He must never drink wine or beer, and the power of the Holy Spirit will be with him from the time he is born.

Luke 2:40

The child Jesus grew. He became strong and wise, and God blessed him.

Luke 2:52

Jesus became wise, and he grew strong. God was pleased with him and so were the people.

John 1:31

I didn't know who he was. But I came to baptize you with water, so that everyone in Israel would see him.

Acts 18:28

He got into fierce arguments with the Jewish people, and in public he used the Scriptures to prove that Jesus is the Messiah.

1 Samuel 2:21

The LORD was kind to Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. But Samuel grew up at the LORD's house in Shiloh.