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Luk 1:15. Ἔσται, shall be) viz. that son shall be.-Κυρίου, the Lord) God the Father is meant. Presently after he speaks also of the Holy Spirit and of the Son of God. Already, in connection with the forerunner of the Messiah, the economy of the Holy Trinity more fully expands itself to view.-καὶ οἶνον καὶ σίκερα οὐ μὴ πίῃ, and wine and strong drink he shall not drink) So also Jdg 13:4, μὴ πίης οἶνον καὶ σίκερα. Σίκερα is from the Hebr. שכר, and denotes all drink distinct from wine, and yet intoxicating, as the juice of the date, malt liquor, etc. Such abstinence was enjoined on John, also on the mother of Samson.-καὶ, and) Similarly, being filled with the Holy Spirit, is put in antithesis to being drunk with wine, Eph 5:18.-ἐκ, from) An abbreviated mode of expression: meaning, in the womb (Luk 1:41; Luk 1:44) and subsequently [from that time forward].