Luke 1:15 Cross References - Mace

¹⁵ he shall appear as a divine messenger. he shall drink neither wine, nor any other strong liquor: he shall be filled with the holy spirit, even from his infancy:

⁹ or did you go to see a prophet? yes, and be assured, one superiour to a prophet. ¹⁰ for it is he that is meant in that passage, "behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee." ¹¹ I declare unto you, among the whole race of prophets, there never appear'd a greater than John the Baptist: (notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of the ¹² Messiah is greater than he.) for ever since the appearance of John the Baptist the gospel kingdom is as it were invaded, and people of the most violent passions enter into it with zeal. ¹³ for all the prophets and the law were your guides, till the coming of John. ¹⁴ and if ye will believe me, he is the Elias that was to come. ¹⁵ he that hath ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁶ but to what shall I compare this generation? they are like children sitting in the markets, and calling out to their fellows, ¹⁷ "if we play a merry tune, you are not for dancing; if we act a mournful part, you are not in the humour." ¹⁸ so John came with fasting and abstinence, and they say, he is mad. ¹⁹ the son of man does not abstain from eating and drinking, and they cry there's a glutton, and a sot, a friend of publicans and sinners: "but wisdom is justified by her children."

²⁸ I declare unto you, among the whole race of mankind, there is not a prophet, who is superiour to John the Baptist: yet he that is most inferiour in the kingdom of the Messiah, is greater than he.

³³ for John the Baptist, when he came, abstain'd from bread and wine; yet you say, he is possess'd with a demon.

³⁵ he was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing to be entertain'd for a while with his light.

⁴ and they were all filled with the holy ghost, and began to speak in different languages, as the spirit gave them utterance.

¹⁴ But Peter standing up with the eleven, and raising his voice, said to them, ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and observe what I say. ¹⁵ these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is but the third hour of the day. ¹⁶ but this is the accomplishment of what was said by the prophet Joel, ¹⁷ "it shall come to pass in the last days (saith God) I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men dream dreams: ¹⁸ and on my servants, and on my handmaidens I will pour out of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy:

¹⁵ but when it pleased God, who ordained me from my birth, and called me by his especial favour, to reveal his son to me,

¹⁸ do not drink to excess, for that tends to dissoluteness, but be regal'd with spiritual entertainments: