6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. …
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)The evangelist designs to bring in John Baptist bearing an honourable testimony to Jesus Christ, Now in these verses, before he does this, I. He gives us some account of the witness he is about to produce. His name was John , which signifies gracious ; his conversation was austere, but he was not the less gracious . Now, 1. We are here told concerning him, in general, that he was a man sent of God…
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