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Selected Verse: John 1:23 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 1:23 |
King James |
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I am the voice ... - See the notes at Mat 3:3. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The voice (φωνὴ)
Or, a voice. There is no article. See on Mat 3:5.
Crying in the wilderness
Some join in the wilderness with make straight, as in the Hebrew. The quotation is from Isa 40:3. In the other three Gospels it is applied to the Baptist (Mat 3:3; Mar 1:3; Luk 3:4). Here he uses it of himself. On wilderness, see on Mat 3:1.
Make straight the way (εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν)
For ὁδὸν, way, all the Synoptists have τρίβους, beaten tracks; and for the verb εὐθύνατε, make straight, the adjective and verb εὐθύνατε ποιεῖτε. On the figure of preparing the roads, see on Luk 3:5. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He said - I am that forerunner of Christ of whom Isaiah speaks. I am the voice - As if he had said, Far from being Christ, or even Elijah, I am nothing but a voice: a sound that so soon as it has expressed the thought of which it is the sign, dies into air, and is known no more. Isa 40:3. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I am the voice of one crying - See the notes on Mat 3:3; Mar 1:4, Mar 1:5. |
3 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.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
4 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.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
3 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.
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.
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
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.
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
3 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.