ESV Reformation Study Bible – Luke 1:15
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Luke 1:15

1:15 wine. That he would not drink alcoholic beverages leads many to think he would be a Nazirite, but Luke does not say this, and there is no reference to the hair being left uncut. More probably John had a unique position, neither priest nor Nazirite. He is the only person in the New Testament said to have been filled with the Holy Spirit from birth.