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Selected Verse: Matthew 11:10 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 11:10 |
King James |
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For this is he ... - The passage of Scripture here quoted is found in Mal 3:1. The substance of it is contained also in Isa 40:3.
Prepare thy way - That is, to prepare "the people;" to make them ready, by proper instructions, to receive the Messiah. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mal 3:1. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Behold, I send my messenger - A fifth excellency of the Baptist was, his preparing the way of the Lord; being the instrument, in God's hand, of preparing the people's hearts to receive the Lord Jesus; and it was probably through his preaching that so many thousands attached themselves to Christ, immediately on his appearing as a public teacher. |
3 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.
1 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.
1 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.