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He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
John 1:23 — KJV
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John 1:23
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
John 1:23
Verse 23 of 51
Commentary
Commentary on John 1:23
Theological / DevotionalI am the voice. See on Matt. 3:3. John appears to report the exact words of the Baptist, for the quotation as here reported seems to be directly from the Hebrew, by memory. Otherwise, as in the Synoptics, it would probably be from the LXX. Jesus is declared to be “the Word” (John 1:1—3, 14); the Baptist claimed only to be a “voice.” He was only God’s spokesman; Jesus was the Word incarnate.
The way of the Lord. John implies that the leaders of Israel should turn their attention from the one sent to herald Messiah’s coming and begin looking for the Messiah Himself.
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