Isaiah 40:3
1599 Geneva Bible
3 A [a]voice crieth in the [b]wilderness, [c]Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make straight in the desert a path for our God.
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- Isaiah 40:3 To wit, of the Prophets.
- Isaiah 40:3 That is, in Babylon and other places, where they were kept in captivity, and misery.
- Isaiah 40:3 Meaning Cyrus and Darius which should deliver God’s people out of captivity, and make them a ready way to Jerusalem: and this was fully accomplished, when John the Baptist brought tidings of Jesus Christ’s coming, who was the true deliverer of his Church from sin and Satan, Matt. 3:3.
Isaiah 40:3
New International Version
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- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
- Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
John 1:25
1599 Geneva Bible
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, [a]Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elijah, nor that Prophet?
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- John 1:25 Hereby we may prove that the Jews knew there should be some change in religion under Messiah.
John 1:25
New International Version
25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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