THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - the Gospels Part 1

Luke 1:30-31, 34-35  

But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus." ... 

    "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

    The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."  

(see Luke 1:26-38)

Matthew 1:18-21  

    This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 

    But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."  (see Matthew 1:18-25)

Luke 1:41-44  

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy."  (see Luke 1:26-56)

Luke 1:57, 67-68  

    When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. ...

    His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

        "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,

            because he has come to his people and redeemed 

                them."

                (see Luke 1:5-25, 57-80)  

  

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