Luke 1:15
And he will be gadol before Hashem, and he will not drink yayin or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Ruach Hakodesh from the womb of his Em (mother), + 1:15 Num 6:3; Lv 10:9; Judg 13:4; Jer 1:5
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16And many of the Bnei Yisroel he will turn back in teshuva to Hashem Eloheihem.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2So that I will make of thee a goy gadol (great nation), so that I will bless thee, and make thy shem great; and so thou shalt be a brocha (blessing);
Numbers 6:2Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When either ish or isha shall separate themselves to vow a neder of a Nazir, to separate themselves unto Hashem;
Joshua 4:14On Yom Hahu Hashem magnified Yehoshua in the eyes of Kol Yisroel; and they feared him, just as they feared Moshe, all the days of his life.
1 Chronicles 17:8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine oyevim from before thee, and have made thee a shem like the shem of the gedolim that are in ha'aretz.
Psalms 22:9He trusted in Hashem; 1 let Hashem rescue him; let Him deliver him, since He delights in him. 1
Zechariah 9:15Hashem Tzva'os shall shield them; 1 and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; 1 and they shall drink, and shall roar as through yayin; 1 and they shall be full like a bowl, 1 like the corners of the mizbe'ach. 1
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 →