Luke 1:15

American Standard Version (1901)

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔσται γὰρ μέγας ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ οἶνον καὶ σίκερα οὐ μὴ πίῃ· καὶ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου πλησθήσεται, ἔτι ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Estai gar megas enōpion tou Kyriou, kai oinon kai sikera ou mē piē; kai Pneumatos Hagiou plēsthēsetai, eti ek koilias mētros autou.

Grammar Details

• *Estai*: future, indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - will be
• *gar*: conjunction - for, because
• *megas*: nominative, masculine, singular - great
• *enōpion*: preposition + genitive - before, in the sight of
• *tou Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *oinon*: accusative, masculine, singular - wine
• *sikera*: accusative, neuter, singular - strong drink
• *ou mē*: double negative - by no means, certainly not
• *piē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd person singular - he might drink
• *Pneumatos Hagiou*: genitive, neuter, singular + genitive, neuter, singular - of Holy Spirit
• *plēsthēsetai*: future, indicative, passive, 3rd person singular - will be filled
• *eti*: adverb - yet, still, even
• *ek koilias*: preposition + genitive, feminine, singular - from womb
• *mētros autou*: genitive, feminine, singular + genitive, masculine, singular - of his mother

Word Meanings

• *megas*: great/important/mighty
• *enōpion*: before/in the sight of/in the presence of
• *oinon*: wine/fermented drink
• *sikera*: strong drink/intoxicating beverage/liquor
• *plēsthēsetai*: will be filled/will be full of
• *eti*: yet/still/even/already

Referenced Verses

• Luke 7:33 : 33 For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
• Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
• Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, [even] from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
• Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
• Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
• Zech 9:15 : 15 Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing:
• Gen 48:19 : 19 And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it] ; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
• Num 6:2-4 : 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto Jehovah, 3 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.
• Josh 3:7 : 7 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
• Josh 4:14 : 14 On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
• Judg 13:4-6 : 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
• 1 Chr 17:8 : 8 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
• 1 Chr 29:12 : 12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
• Ps 22:9 : 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.
• Luke 7:28 : 28 I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
• Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. 10 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if ye are willing to receive [it], this is Elijah, that is to come. 15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows 17 and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her [ works.
• John 5:35 : 35 He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
• Acts 2:14-18 : 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spake forth unto them, [saying], Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and give ear unto my words. 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day. 16 but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: 18 Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.