Cross references
Luke 1:15
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 1:15 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 1:5 (13 votes) and Numbers 6:2–4 (11 votes). 40 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 12 to 2 Timothy 3.
Which verses does Luke 1:15 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Jeremiah 1:513 votes
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Numbers 6:2–411 votes
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins. …
- Ephesians 5:1810 votes
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Judges 13:4–69 votes
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean. For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” …
- Luke 7:339 votes
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
- Galatians 1:159 votes
But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
- Acts 2:48 votes
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- Joshua 4:146 votes
On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
- 1 Chronicles 17:85 votes
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
- Luke 7:285 votes
I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
- Genesis 12:24 votes
- Genesis 48:194 votes
- Joshua 3:74 votes
- 1 Chronicles 29:124 votes
- Psalm 22:94 votes
- Zechariah 9:154 votes
- Acts 2:14–184 votes
- Matthew 11:9–193 votes
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ …
- John 5:352 votes
Which verses point to Luke 1:15?
The 10 strongest of 40.