Luke 1:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

1 Chronicles 17:8

and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies before you, and I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones of the earth.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.

Psalm 22:9

Yet it was you who took me from the womb; you kept me safe on my mother’s breast.

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 35:6

But they answered, “We will drink no wine, for our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘You shall never drink wine, neither you nor your children,

Leviticus 10:9

“Drink no wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons, when you enter the tent of meeting, that you may not die; it is a statute forever throughout your generations.

Zechariah 9:15

The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall consume and conquer the slingers; they shall drink their blood like wine and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.

Luke 1:14

You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Luke 7:28

“I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Luke 7:33

“For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon’;

John 5:35

He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Acts 2:4

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Galatians 1:15

But when the one who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Joshua 3:7

The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you as I was with Moses.

Joshua 4:14

On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him, as they had stood in awe of Moses all the days of his life.