Luke 1:15 (WEB)
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.
Catechism · 2
“John was "filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb"” — Catechism footnote: Lk 1:15, 41.
“It is to the poor and the first representatives of the gentiles that she makes him known.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:15-19; Mt 2:11.
Fathers and councils · 24
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”” — editor's note: Luke i. 15, etc.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Luke 1:15) And Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
“For if it was written of John, He shall be filled with the Spirit from his mother’s womb, (Luke 1:15.) what must we believe of the man Christ, the very conception of whose flesh was not carnal but spiritual.” — the author cites it
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Next to his becoming the rejoicing of many, the greatness of his virtue is prophesied; as it is said, For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord. The greatness signified is not of the body, but of the soul.…
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For many are called great before men, but not before God, as the hypocrites. And so in like manner was John called great, as the parents of John were called just, before the Lord.
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He extended not the boundaries of an empire, nor brought back in triumph the spoils of war, (but, what is far greater,) preaching in the desert he overcame by his great virtue the delights of the world, and the lusts…
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Sicera is interpreted “drunkenness,” and by the word the Hebrews understand any drink that can intoxicate, (whether made from fruits, corn, or any other thing.) But it was part of the law of the Nazarites to give up…
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On whomsoever the Holy Spirit is poured, in him there is fulness of great virtue; as in St. John, who before he was born, when yet in his mother’s womb, bore witness to the grace of the Spirit which he had received,…
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
But what John’s work is to be, and what he will do through the Holy Spirit, is shewn as follows; And many of the children of Israel shall he turn, &c.
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John indeed turned many, but it is the Lord’s work to turn all to God their Father.
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Now since John (who, bearing witness to Christ, baptized the people in His faith) is said to have turned the children of Israel to the Lord their God, it is plain that Christ is the God of Israel. Let the Arians then…
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But we need no testimony that St. John turned the hearts of many, for to this point we have the express witness of both prophetic and and evangelical Scriptures. For the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare…
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In the spirit and power of Elijah.—He says not, in the mind of Elijah, but in the spirit and power. For the spirit which was in Elijah came upon John, and in like manner his power.
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For never is the spirit without power, nor power without the spirit. And therefore it is said, in the spirit and power; because holy Elijah had great power and grace. Power, so that he turned back the false hearts of…
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But what was foretold of Elias by Malachi, is now spoken by the angel of John; as it follows, That he should turn the hearts of the parents to the children; (Mal. 4:5, 6.) pouring into the minds of the people, by his…
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Or else; The Jews were the parents of John and the Apostles; but, nevertheless, from pride and infidelity raged violently against the Gospel. Therefore, like dutiful children, John first, and the Apostles after him,…
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But because he had said that Zacharias’ prayer for the people was heard, he adds, To make ready a people prepared1 for the Lord; by which he teaches in what manner the same people must be healed and prepared; namely,…
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Or, John made ready a people not disbelieving but prepared, that is, previously fitted to receive Christ.
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This sacrament 2 of preparation is even now fulfilled in the world, for even now the spirit and power of John must come upon the soul, before it believes in Jesus Christ.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.” — editor's note: Luke i. 5–36.
Read the whole commentChapter IX.—Of the Question How It Can Be Shown that the Narrative of the Haul of Fishes Which Luke Has Given Us is Not to Be Identified with the Record of an Apparently Similar Incident Which John Has Reported…
Read the whole comment“And Mary, too, was filled with the Holy Ghost, so as to foretell such things of the Lord, whom she was bearing in her womb.” — editor's note: Luke i. 15, 41–79
Read the whole comment“For if it was written of His servant and forerunner John himself, “He shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb,” because, although generated by his father, yet he received the Holy Spirit when formed in the womb; what must be understood and believed of the man Christ, of…” — editor's note: Luke i. 15
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Jerome
“Those who serve the altar, we are told, must drink neither wine nor shechar.” — editor's note: Levit. x. 9; the word shechar occurs in the Greek text of Luke i. 15.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 3:21–22 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 3:21–22 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §717.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 7:37–39 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 7:37–39 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 7:37–39 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 1:15–17 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §724.