Luke 1:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 7:33 : 33 For Iohn Baptist came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine: and ye say, He hath the deuil.
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the wombe, I knewe thee, and before thou camest out of the wombe, I sanctified thee, and ordeined thee to be a Prophet vnto the nations.
  • Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it pleased God (which had separated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace)
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all filled with the holy Ghost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the Spirit gaue them vtterance.
  • Zech 9:15 : 15 The Lord of hostes shall defend them, and they shal deuoure them, and subdue them with sling stones, and they shall drinke, and make a noyse as thorowe wine, and they shalbe filled like bowles, and as the hornes of the altar.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
  • Gen 48:19 : 19 But his father refused, & sayd, I know well, my sonne, I know well: he shalbe also a people, and he shalbe great likewise: but his yonger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall be full of nations.
  • Num 6:2-4 : 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say vnto them, When a man or a woman doeth separate themselues to vowe a vowe of a Nazarite to separate himselfe vnto the Lord, 3 He shall absteine fro wine & strong drinke, and shal drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shal eate fresh grapes nor dryed. 4 As long as his abstinence endureth, shall hee eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, neither the kernels, nor the huske.
  • Josh 3:7 : 7 Then the Lorde saide vnto Ioshua, This day will I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel, which shall knowe, that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.
  • Josh 4:14 : 14 That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses all dayes of his life.
  • Judg 13:4-6 : 4 And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing. 5 For loe, thou shalt conceiue and beare a sonne, and no rasor shall come on his head: for the childe shall be a Nazarite vnto God from his birth: and he shall begin to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistims. 6 Then the wife came, and tolde her husband, saying, A man of God came vnto me, and the facion of him was like the facion of the Angel of God exceeding feareful, but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name,
  • 1 Chr 17:8 : 8 And I haue bene with thee whithersoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and haue made thee a name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
  • 1 Chr 29:12 : 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hande it is to make great, and to giue strength vnto all.
  • Ps 22:9 : 9 But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.
  • Luke 7:28 : 28 For I say vnto you, there is no greater Prophet then Iohn, among them that are begotten of women: neuerthelesse, hee that is the least in the kingdome of God, is greater then he.
  • Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet. 10 For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verely I say vnto you, among them which are begotten of women, arose there not a greater then Iohn Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is the least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he. 12 And from the time of Iohn Baptist hitherto, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the Prophetes and the Lawe prophecied vnto Iohn. 14 And if ye will receiue it, this is that Elias, which was to come. 15 He that hath eares to heare, let him heare. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children which sit in the markets, and call vnto their fellowes, 17 And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented. 18 For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a deuill. 19 The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is iustified of her children.
  • John 5:35 : 35 He was a burning, & a shining candle: and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his light.
  • Acts 2:14-18 : 14 But Peter standing with ye Eleuen, lift vp his voice, & said vnto them, Ye men of Iudea, and ye all that inhabite Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and hearken vnto my woordes. 15 For these are not drunken, as yee suppose, since it is but the third houre of the day. 16 But this is that, which was spoken by the Prophet Ioel, 17 And it shalbe in the last daies, saith God, I wil powre out of my Spirite vpon al flesh, & your sonnes, and your daughters shall prophecie, and your yong men shal see visions, and your old men shall dreame dreames. 18 And on my seruauntes, and on mine handmaides I will powre out of my Spirite in those daies, and they shall prophecie.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Luke 1:13-14
    2 verses
    84%

    13But the Angel saide vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wise Elisabet shall beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.

    14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnes, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

  • Luke 1:75-76
    2 verses
    80%

    75All the daies of our life, in holinesse and righteousnesse before him.

    76And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,

  • Luke 1:31-33
    3 verses
    80%

    31For loe, thou shalt conceiue in thy wobe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus.

    32He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lorde God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid.

    33And hee shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kingdome shall bee none ende.

  • Luke 1:41-45
    5 verses
    79%

    41And it came to passe, as Elisabet heard the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her bellie, and Elisabet was filled with the holy Ghost.

    42And she cried with a loud voice, and saide, Blessed art thou among women, because the fruit of thy wombe is blessed.

    43And whence commeth this to mee, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

    44For loe, assoone as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my bellie for ioye,

    45And blessed is shee that beleeued: for those things shall be perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lord.

  • Luke 1:66-67
    2 verses
    79%

    66And al they that heard them, laid them vp in their hearts, saying, What maner childe shall this be! and the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67Then his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

  • Judg 13:7
    79%

    7But he saide vnto me, Beholde, thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne, and nowe thou shalt drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing: for the childe shalbe a Nazarite to God from his birth to the day of his death.

  • Luke 1:16-20
    5 verses
    78%

    16And many of the children of Israel shall he turne to their Lord God.

    17For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

    18Then Zacharias said vnto ye Angel, Whereby shall I knowe this? For I am an olde man, and my wife is of a great age.

    19And the Angell answered, and sayde vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, & to shew thee these good tidings.

    20And beholde, thou shalt be domme, & not be able to speake, vntill the day that these things be done, because thou beleeuedst not my words, which shalbe fulfilled in their season.

  • Luke 1:80
    76%

    80And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wildernesse, til the day came that he should shewe him selfe vnto Israel.

  • Luke 1:35-37
    3 verses
    76%

    35And the Angel answered, & said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.

    36And behold, thy cousin Elisabet, she hath also conceiued a sonne in her olde age: and this is her sixt moneth, which was called barren.

    37For with God shall nothing be vnpossible.

  • Judg 13:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3And the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto the woman, and said vnto her, Beholde nowe, thou art baren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne.

    4And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing.

    5For loe, thou shalt conceiue and beare a sonne, and no rasor shall come on his head: for the childe shall be a Nazarite vnto God from his birth: and he shall begin to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistims.

  • Luke 1:57-60
    4 verses
    73%

    57Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.

    58And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lorde had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.

    59And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.

    60But his mother answered, and saide, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

  • Luke 1:8
    73%

    8And it came to passe, as he executed the Priestes office before God, as his course came in order,

  • Luke 2:26-28
    3 verses
    73%

    26And it was declared to him from God by the holy Ghost, that he shoulde not see death, before he had seene that Anointed of the Lord.

    27And he came by the motion of the spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the babe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Lawe,

    28Then hee tooke him in his armes, and praised God, and sayd,

  • Luke 2:23
    72%

    23(As it is written in the Lawe of the Lorde, Euery man childe that first openeth ye wombe, shalbe called holy to the Lord)

  • Luke 2:40
    72%

    40And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in Spirit, and was filled with wisedome, and the grace of God was with him.

  • Luke 1:23-26
    4 verses
    72%

    23And it came to passe, when the daies of his office were fulfilled, that he departed to his owne house.

    24And after those daies, his wife Elisabet conceiued, and hid her selfe fiue moneths, saying,

    25Thus hath the Lorde dealt with me, in the daies wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.

    26And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,

  • Matt 1:18
    71%

    18Nowe the birth of Iesvs Christ was thus, When as his mother Mary was betrothed to Ioseph, before they came together, shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.

  • Judg 13:14
    71%

    14She may eate of nothing that commeth of the vinetree: she shal not drinke wine nor strong drinke, nor eate any vncleane thing: let her obserue all that I haue commanded her.

  • Luke 1:5
    70%

    5In the time of Herod King of Iudea, there was a certaine Priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabet.

  • Isa 7:14
    70%

    14Therefore the Lorde himselfe will giue you a signe. Beholde, the virgine shall conceiue and beare a sonne, and she shal call his name Immanu-el.

  • Matt 1:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

    23Behold, a virgine shalbe with childe, and shall beare a sonne, & they shal call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with vs.

  • Luke 1:49
    70%

    49Because hee that is mightie, hath done for me great things, and holy is his Name.

  • Luke 1:62
    70%

    62Then they made signes to his father, howe he would haue him called.

  • Mark 1:8
    69%

    8Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.