Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 1:14-15

"And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother`s womb." — Luke 1:14-15 (ASV)

And you shall have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink;

I do not say that it is the duty of every man to drink neither wine nor strong drink, but I beg every man to notice that if anyone was to be specially consecrated to a holy calling, it was always to be so; He shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. If there is nothing defiling about wine or strong drink, there is certainly nothing sanctifying about it; and the tendency seems to lie the other way, otherwise it is a strange thing that men dedicated to God were so continually instructed to drink neither wine nor strong drink.