4As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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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. …
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
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; …
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. …
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)John’s baptism introducing a new dispensation, it was requisite that we should have a particular account of it. Glorious things were said of John, what a distinguished favourite of Heaven he should be, and what a great blessing to this earth ( Luke 1:15 , 17 ); but we lost him in the deserts, and there he remains until the day of his showing unto Israel , Luke 1:80. And now at last that day dawns,…
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