1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
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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. …
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. …
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;
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We have here an account of the preaching and baptism of John, which were the dawning of the gospel-day. Observe, I. The time when he appeared. In those days (Matt. 3:1), or, after those days , long after what was recorded in the foregoing chapter, which left the child Jesus in his infancy. In those days , in the time appointed of the Father for the beginning of the gospel, when the fulness of time…
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