Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
The holy ghost
General references
Bible References
The holy ghost
Luke 1:27
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
Matthew 1:20
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
That
Job 14:4
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
Job 15:16
How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,
Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,
Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
Job 25:4
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Psalm 51:5
I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
Ephesians 2:3
Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin.
Hebrews 7:26
It was fitting for us to have such a High Priest [perfectly adapted to our needs], holy, blameless, unstained [by sin], separated from sinners and exalted higher than the heavens;
General references
Exodus 40:12
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
Luke 18:19
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is [essentially and morally] good except God alone.