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15 For he will be great and distinguished in the sight of the Lord. And he must drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit even [a]in and from his mother’s womb.(A)

16 And he will turn back and cause to return many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

17 And he will [himself] go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient and incredulous and unpersuadable to the wisdom of the upright [which is [b]the knowledge and holy love of the will of God]—in order to make ready for the Lord a people [perfectly] prepared [in spirit, [c]adjusted and disposed and placed in the right moral state].(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:15 William Tyndale, The Tyndale Bible.
  2. Luke 1:17 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Luke 1:17 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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