the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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John 1:23
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John quoted words from the Good Book of Isaiah, "I'm a voice hollerin' from the back side of the pasture, 'Get out of the way because the Top Hand is ridin' into town.'"
He said, "I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
He said, "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.
He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness:"Make straight the way of the Lord," ' Isaiah 40:3 ">[fn]
as the prophet Isaiah said."
He said, "I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord —just as Isaiah the prophet said."
He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
"I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud, `Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah."
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wildernesse: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
He sayde: I am ye voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse. Make straight ye waye of the LORDE. As ye prophet Esay sayde:
"I am, said he, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, clear the way of the Lord," as said the prophet Esaias.
"I'm thunder in the desert: ‘Make the road straight for God!' I'm doing what the prophet Isaiah preached."
He said, "I am THE VOICE OF ONE SHOUTING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryar in the wyldernes make strayght the waye of the Lorde as sayde the Prophete Esaias.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as Isaiah the prophet said.
He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah: "I am the voice of one calling out in the desert: ‘Make the road straight for the Lord.'" Isaiah 40:3
John said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, "I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!'"
He answered in the words of Yesha‘yahu the prophet, "I am The voice of someone crying out: ‘In the desert make the way of Adonai straight!'"
He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Straighten the highway of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said.
He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Yesha`yahu the prophet said."
He replied,Isaiah 40:3; Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; John 3:28;">[xr] "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make the way of the Lord straight,'"Isaiah 40:3">[fn] as the prophet Isaiah said.
He saith, I am the voice which crieth in the wilderness, Make plain the way of the Lord, as said Eshaia the prophet.
He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make smooth the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.
John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah: "I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Clear the way for the Lord 's coming!'"
John said, "I am the voice of one crying in the desert. ‘Make the road straight for the Lord,' as the early preacher Isaiah said."
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: "I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'"
He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as the prophet Isaiah said.
He said - I, am a Voice, of one crying aloud; - In the desert, make ye straight, the way of the Lord: according as said Isaiah the prophet.
He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
He said, "I am ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord,"' just as Isaiah the prophet said."
He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernesse, make strayght the way of the Lorde, as sayde the prophete Esaias.
John told them the words of the prophet Isaiah: "I am the voice of someone shouting in the desert: ‘Make a straight road ready for the Lord.'"
He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
He said, "I am THE VOICE OF ONE CALLING OUT IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE THE WAY OF THE LORD STRAIGHT,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah: "I am ‘the voice of someone shouting in the desert: Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!'"
He seide, Y am a vois of a crier in deseert, Dresse ye the weie of the Lord, as Ysaie, the prophete, seide.
He said, `I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I am: John 3:28, Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 1:16, Luke 1:17, Luke 1:76-79, Luke 3:4-6
as said: Isaiah 40:3-5
Reciprocal: Ezra 1:1 - made a proclamation Matthew 11:10 - General Luke 3:2 - in Luke 7:24 - wilderness Luke 7:27 - Behold John 7:37 - and cried Acts 13:10 - the right Acts 18:25 - instructed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness,.... These words are cited by the other evangelists, and applied to John the Baptist; but then they are only to be considered as their citation, and as an application of them to him by them: but here they are used by John himself, who both expresses them, and interprets them of himself; and in which he was undoubtedly under the infallible direction of the blessed Spirit; and which confirms the sense of the evangelists, who apply the words to him. The Jews give a different interpretation of the words; though one of their celebrated commentators u owns, that the comforts spoken of in the preceding verses are what will be in the days of the King Messiah: one of them w interprets, "the voice", of the Holy Ghost; and so far it may be true, as John was filled with the Holy Ghost, and he spake by him in his ministry: and another x, of the resurrection of the dead, or the voice that will be heard then, which will be the voice of the archangel: though another of y them better explains it by, הם המבשרים, "they are they that bring glad tidings", or good news; such are Gospel preachers; only it should have been in the singular number: for the text speaks but of one voice; of one person crying; and of John the Baptist, who brought the good news, and glad tidings, that the Messiah was coming, yea, that he was already come, and that the kingdom of heaven was at hand. The Hebrew writers generally understand the passage, of the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, and of removing all obstructions in their way to Jerusalem; to which sense the Targum on the place inclines, which paraphrases it thus;
"the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, prepare the way before the people of the Lord, make in the plain, paths before the congregation of our God:''
but not the people of the Lord, but the Lord himself, and not the congregation of God, but God himself is intended; whose ways were to be prepared, and made plain, even the King Messiah; which was to be done, and was done by his forerunner John the Baptist, who, with great modesty, expresses himself in the language of this Scripture, as being a prophecy of him: he was a "voice", but not a mere voice; nor was his ministry a mere voice of words, as the law was, but it was the sweet voice of the Gospel, proclaiming the coming of the Messiah; encouraging men to believe in him; calling them to evangelical repentance, and publishing remission of sins in the name of Christ, and pointing him out as the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world: this voice was "crying"; it was not a still small voice, it was a very loud one; John lifted up his voice like a trumpet; he delivered himself with great zeal and fervency; and it was "in the wilderness" where this voice was heard, in the wilderness of Judea, as in Matthew 3:1 where Jesus came preaching; the Ethiopic version renders the words, "I am the voice of one that goes about in the wilderness"; that is, in the several towns and villages which were in the wilderness, to whom John went and preached the Gospel: the Persic version reads, "I am the voice and cry which cometh out of the wilderness"; referring to the place where he was before he entered on his public ministry, and from whence he came; for he was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel, Luke 1:80. The words this voice cried were,
make straight the way of the Lord; he called upon persons to reform their ways, and walk in the way of the Lord, to repent of their sins, believe in Christ, and submit to the ordinance of baptism: the Ethiopic version reads, "the way of God"; and such was the person he came to prepare the way for, even the Son of God, and who is truly and properly God,
as said the prophet Esaias, in Isaiah 40:3.
u Kimchi in Isa. xl. 1. w Jarchi in Isa xl. 3. x Zohar in Gen. fol. 70. 4. y Aben Ezra in Isa. ib.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I am the voice ... - See the notes at Matthew 3:3.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. I am the voice of one crying — Matthew 3:3; and Mark 1:4, Mark 1:5.
