John 1:23 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:23

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

KJV

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 1 (444)

He accuses them sharply as knowing nothing, and accredits the design or purpose entrusted to him by Prophetic testimony. For I come, he says, to say nothing else than that He, The Looked for, is at length at the doors, yea rather the Lord within the doors. Be ye ready to go whatsoever way He bids you, ye have gone the way given you through Moses, take up that by Christ: for this the choir of the holy Prophets foretold you. A setting forth of sayings concerning the way that is after Christ. Isaiah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness,.... These words are cited by the other evangelists, and applied to John the Baptist; but then they are only to be considered as their citation, and as an application of them to him by them: but here they are used by John himself, who both expresses them, and interprets them of himself; and in which he was undoubtedly under the infallible direction of the blessed Spirit; and which confirms the sense of the evangelists, who apply the words to him.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔφη·	ephē	He was saying;	G5346 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself [am]	G1473 →
φωνὴ	phōnē	a voice	G5456 →
βοῶντος	boōntos	crying	G994 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ἐρήμῳ·	erēmō	wilderness;	G2048 →
εὐθύνατε	euthunate	do make straight	G2116 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ὁδὸν	hodon	way	G3598 →
κυρίου·	kuriou	of [the] Lord;	G2962 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
Ἠσαΐας	Ēsaias	Isaiah	G2268 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
προφήτης.	prophētēs	prophet.	G4396 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 3:3
This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
leads to
- Isaiah 40:3
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Malachi 3:1
  “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 57:14–15
  And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
- Mark 1:3
  “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Luke 1:76
  And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
Through
Mark 1:3
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
leads to
- Isaiah 40:3–5
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Matthew 3:3
  This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
Through
John 3:28
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
leads to
- John 1:20
  He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”