This is the very man of whom Scripture says--'Behold, I am sending my Messenger before thy face, And he shall prepare thy way before thee.'
This is the man of whom Scripture says--'Behold, I am myself sending my Messenger before thy face, And he shall prepare thy way before thee.'
It is said in the Prophet Isaiah--'Behold! I send my Messenger before thy face; He shall prepare thy way.'
And thou, Child, shalt be called Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to make ready his way,
What then did you go to see? A Prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a Prophet.
There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the lowliest in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
"I," he answered, "am--'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness--"straighten the way of the Lord"', as the Prophet Isaiah said."