Luke 1:15

World English Bible (2000)

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will 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 Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
• Jer 1:5 : 5 "Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."
• Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
• Eph 5:18 : 18 Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
• Acts 2:4 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
• Zech 9:15 : 15 Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
• Gen 48:19 : 19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."
• Num 6:2-4 : 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh, 3 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 4 All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
• Josh 3:7 : 7 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
• Josh 4:14 : 14 On that day, Yahweh 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 please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing: 5 for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to 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 to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name:
• 1 Chr 17:8 : 8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
• 1 Chr 29:12 : 12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all; and in your hand is power and might; and it is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all.
• Ps 22:9 : 9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.
• Luke 7:28 : 28 "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
• Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.' 11 Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear. 16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions 17 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.' 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
• John 5:35 : 35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
• Acts 2:14-18 : 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words. 15 For these aren't drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. 18 Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.