13 But the Angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth.

15 For he shall be great in the [a]sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine, nor [b]strong drink: and he shall be filled with the holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:15 So speak the Hebrews when it signified a rare kind of excellency: so is it said of Nimrod, Gen. 10:9. He was a valiant hunter before God.
  2. Luke 1:15 Any drink that may make drunken.

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