10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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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.
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.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-15)We have here the high encomium which our Lord Jesus gave of John the Baptist; not only to revive his honour, but to revive his work. Some of Christ’s disciples might perhaps take occasion from the question John sent, to reflect upon him, as weak and wavering, and inconsistent with himself, to prevent which Christ gives him this character. Note, It is our duty to consult the reputation of our breth…
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