Verse 15

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.

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.