Luke 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

in the sight of. before.

See note on "before", Luke 1:6.

shall drink neither. shallin no wise (Greek. ou me. App-105.) drink,

strong drink. Greek. sikera, any intoxicating drink not from grapes.

shall be filled. Verbs of filling take the Genitive of what the person or vessel is filled with. See App-101. note. Here pneuma hagion is in the Genitive case.

the Holy Ghost. holy spirit. Greek pneuma hagion, or "power from on high". See App-101.

from. Greek ek. App-104. i.e. before birth. Compare Luke 1:44.

Luke 1:15

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.