Luke 1:15
God will consider him to be very important. He must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, in order that he will be completely dedicated to God. He will be controlled by the Holy Spirit {The Holy Spirit will control him} from before he is born.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
14He will cause you to be very happy, and many other people will also be happy because he is born.
16He will persuade many people in Israel to turn away from their sins and please the Lord their God.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become ◄famous/highly esteemed►. What I do for you will be a blessing to others.
Numbers 6:2“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you wants to make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, after you obey these instructions, you will be called a Nazir-man, which means “dedicated man”.
Joshua 4:14On that day, all the people of Israel saw that Yahweh had caused Joshua to be a great leader. And they honored Joshua for the rest of his life, just as they had honored Moses.
1 Chronicles 17:8I have ◄been with/helped► you wherever you have gone, and I have gotten rid of all your enemies as you advanced. And now I will cause you to become very famous, as well-known as the names of the greatest men who have ever lived on the earth.
Psalms 22:9Why do you not protect me now as you did when I was born? I was safe even when I was ◄nursing/drinking milk from my mother’s breasts►.
Zechariah 9:15The Commander of the armies of angels will protect his people; the soldiers of Judah will attack and defeat their enemies who attack them using slingshots. Those soldiers of Judah will drink and celebrate and shout like [SIM] people who are drunk; they will be as full of wine as the bowl that holds the blood of the animals that are sacrificed and which is then sprinkled on the corners 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 →