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Luke 1:15 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 15
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.Luke 1:15 · King James Version
Luke 1:15 in context
13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15For 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.
16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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Key words (Strong's)
- mother'smētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- filledpimplēmito fill, to be fulfilled, to be filledG4130 →
- greatmegasgreat, of the external form or sensible appearance of things , in particular, of space…G3173 →
- sightenōpionin the presence of, before, of occupied place in that place which is before, or over…G1799 →
- drinkpinōto drink, figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen…G4095 →
- drinksikerastrong drink, an intoxicating beverage, different from wine it was a artificial product…G4608 →
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The two preceding evangelists had agreed to begin the gospel with the baptism of John and his ministry, which commenced about six months before our Saviour's public ministry (and now, things being near a crisis, six months was a deal of time, which before was but a little), and therefore this evangelist, designing to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-25