This was written about him: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.’
The Lord All-Powerful says, “I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way for me. Suddenly, the Lord you are looking for will come to his Temple; the messenger of the agreement, whom you want, will come.”
“Now you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go before the Lord to prepare his way.
as the prophet Isaiah wrote: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.”
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.’ ”
This is the voice of one who calls out: “Prepare in the desert the way for the Lord. Make a straight road in the dry lands for our God.
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet.
I tell you, John is greater than any other person ever born, but even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than John.”