Luke 1:15

μέγας, a great man before the Lord; not merely in God's sight = true greatness, but indicating the sphere or type of greatness: in the region of ethics and religion. καὶ οἶνον, etc., points to the external badge of the moral and religious greatness: abstinence as a mark of consecration and separation a devotee. σίκερα = שֵׁכָר (not Greek), strong drink, extracted from any kind of fruit but grapes (here only in N. T.). Πνεύματος Ἁγίου : in opposition to wine and strong drink, as in Ephesians 5:18. But the conception of the Holy Spirit, formed from the Johannine type of piety, is very different from that of St. Paul, or suggested by the life of our Lord.