When Lk 1:15 was originally written, do you think it literally read "Spirit of Holiness"? or do you think it read "Holy Spirit"?
Do you think it read Aramaic "sh-k-r-a," or Greek "sikera/σίκερα" (which is transliterated Hebrew/Aramaic-- as if the Greek language lacked a word for 'strong drink.')
Both the Aramaic Peshitta and the by-A.D. 175 Diatessaron literally read "Spirit of Holiness."
Diatessaron, Section I, plus my printed book copy
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/te...saron.html
[~16] And he shall be great before the Lord, and shall not drink wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit^3 while he is in his mother's womb.
3: Everywhere, except in the introductory notes, the Arabic is _the Spirit of Holiness_, as in the Arabic versions.
Luke 1:15 interlinear
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/1-15.htm
He will be for megas/μέγας/great before the Kyriou/Κυρίου/Lord and wine and sikera/σίκερα/strong-drink no not shall he drink and Pneumatos/Πνεύματος/Spirit N-GNS Hagiou/Ἁγίου/Holy Adj-GNS he will be filled even from womb of mother of him
Luke 1:15
http://dukhrana.com/peshitta/analyze_ver...ize=125%25
(Etheridge) for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong liquor [Shak'ra.] shall he not drink, and with the Spirit of Holiness shall he be filled, from the womb of his mother.
(Murdock) For he will be great before the Lord; and he will not drink wine nor strong drink [Aramaic: a'sh-k-r-a: and strong drink], and will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.
4608. sikera
https://biblehub.com/greek/4608.htm
sikera: fermented liquor
Original Word: σίκερα, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Indeclinable, Other Type
Transliteration: sikera
Phonetic Spelling: (sik'-er-ah)
Definition: fermented liquor
Usage: intoxicating drink.
HELPS Word-studies
4608 síkera (a transliteration of the Hebrew 7941/shēkhār, "alcoholic drink") – any fermented, intoxicating drink (sometimes made from grapes); "strong drink, fermented from fruits, grain, dates or honey, i.e. not distilled alcoholic beverages "such as whiskey, gin, and vodka, which were not known in the ancient world" (L & N, 1, 6.200).
Do you think it read Aramaic "sh-k-r-a," or Greek "sikera/σίκερα" (which is transliterated Hebrew/Aramaic-- as if the Greek language lacked a word for 'strong drink.')
Both the Aramaic Peshitta and the by-A.D. 175 Diatessaron literally read "Spirit of Holiness."
Diatessaron, Section I, plus my printed book copy
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/te...saron.html
[~16] And he shall be great before the Lord, and shall not drink wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit^3 while he is in his mother's womb.
3: Everywhere, except in the introductory notes, the Arabic is _the Spirit of Holiness_, as in the Arabic versions.
Luke 1:15 interlinear
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/1-15.htm
He will be for megas/μέγας/great before the Kyriou/Κυρίου/Lord and wine and sikera/σίκερα/strong-drink no not shall he drink and Pneumatos/Πνεύματος/Spirit N-GNS Hagiou/Ἁγίου/Holy Adj-GNS he will be filled even from womb of mother of him
Luke 1:15
http://dukhrana.com/peshitta/analyze_ver...ize=125%25
(Etheridge) for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong liquor [Shak'ra.] shall he not drink, and with the Spirit of Holiness shall he be filled, from the womb of his mother.
(Murdock) For he will be great before the Lord; and he will not drink wine nor strong drink [Aramaic: a'sh-k-r-a: and strong drink], and will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.
4608. sikera
https://biblehub.com/greek/4608.htm
sikera: fermented liquor
Original Word: σίκερα, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Indeclinable, Other Type
Transliteration: sikera
Phonetic Spelling: (sik'-er-ah)
Definition: fermented liquor
Usage: intoxicating drink.
HELPS Word-studies
4608 síkera (a transliteration of the Hebrew 7941/shēkhār, "alcoholic drink") – any fermented, intoxicating drink (sometimes made from grapes); "strong drink, fermented from fruits, grain, dates or honey, i.e. not distilled alcoholic beverages "such as whiskey, gin, and vodka, which were not known in the ancient world" (L & N, 1, 6.200).