3The 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. …
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
As 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. …
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. …
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)We may observe here, I. What the New Testament is—the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human ; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God , Mark 1:1. 1. It is gospel ; it is God’s word, and is faithful and true ; see Rev. 19:9 ; 21:5 ; 22:6 . It is a good word , and well worthy of all acceptation ; it brings u…
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