"Through the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.” DA 100.2"
"Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,"
EGW directly quotes Luke 1:78.
"To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
EGW directly quotes Luke 1:79.
"“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.” Before the birth of John, the angel had said, “He shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost.” God had called the son of Zacharias to a great work, the greatest ever committed to men. In order to accomplish this work, he must have the Lord to work with him. And the Spirit of God would be with him if he heeded the instruction of the angel. DA 100.3"
"For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb."
The EGW passage directly quotes Luke 1:15, making this a clear and explicit allusion.
"John was to go forth as Jehovah's messenger, to bring to men the light of God. He must give a new direction to their thoughts. He must impress them with the holiness of God's requirements, and their need of His perfect righteousness. Such a messenger must be holy. He must be a temple for the indwelling Spirit of God. In order to fulfill his mission, he must have a sound physical constitution, and mental and spiritual strength. Therefore it would be necessary for him to control the appetites and passions. He must be able so to control all his powers that he could stand among men as unmoved by surrounding circumstances as the rocks and mountains of the wilderness. DA 100.4"
"For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb."
While the EGW passage alludes to Luke 1:15, it does not directly quote it. The passage expands on the implications of John being filled with the Holy Spirit and abstaining from wine, connecting it to his mission and character. This is a thematic parallel rather than a direct allusion.
"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."
The EGW passage describes John as Jehovah's messenger preparing the way, which is a clear thematic parallel to Isaiah 40:3, which is quoted in the New Testament as referring to John the Baptist.
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"
The EGW passage states that John must be a temple for the indwelling Spirit of God. This echoes the sentiment of 1 Corinthians 6:19, which speaks of the body as a temple of the Holy Ghost. While not a direct quote, the thematic connection is clear and relevant to the context of John's preparation.
"In the time of John the Baptist, greed for riches, and the love of luxury and display had become widespread. Sensuous pleasures, feasting and drinking, were causing physical disease and degeneracy, benumbing the spiritual perceptions, and lessening the sensibility to sin. John was to stand as a reformer. By his abstemious life and plain dress he was to rebuke the excesses of his time. Hence the directions given to the parents of John,—a lesson of temperance by an angel from the throne of heaven. DA 100.5"
"Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:"
The EGW passage discusses the excesses of John the Baptist's time, including feasting and drinking, which aligns with the Proverb's warning against being among 'winebibbers' and 'riotous eaters of flesh.' While not a direct quote, the thematic connection is present.