Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; he will not drink any wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth,
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In Context
14He will be to you a joy and a delight; and many will rejoice over his birth.
16and will reconcile many of the Israelites to the Lord their God.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation; and I will surely bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
Joshua 4:14The Lord exalted Joshua that day in the eyes of all Israel. They stood in awe of him as they had stood in awe of Moses all the days of his life.
Psalms 22:9But you drew me from the womb, laid me safely on my mother’s breasts.
Zechariah 9:15The Lord of hosts will defend them. They will devour and tread down the slingstones, they will drink their blood like wine, they will be full like a bowl, like the crevices of the altar.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:6-26
The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →