Matthew 11:10 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 11:10

This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

KJV

For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

In him, John is greater than the other prophets, because while they had predicted someone who was to come, he pointed to the one who has already come, saying: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. And because to the privilege of being a prophet, John added the reward of baptizing his Lord, it follows that he increased in merits, fulfilling the testimony of Malachi, in which even an angel is prophesied (Mal. II).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For this is he of whom it is written,.... Mal 3:1 Behold I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. That these words belong לעולם הבא, to the world to come, or the times of the Messiah, that is, the Gospel dispensation, the Jews (z) themselves own; but as to the particular person meant by the "messenger", or "angel", because they are not willing to acknowledge the right person, are at the utmost loss.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

His business was to prepare Christ's way, to dispose people to receive the Saviour, by discovering to them their sin and misery, and their need of a Saviour. This he had said of himself ( John i. 23 ) and now Christ said it of him; intending hereby not only to put an honour upon John's ministry, but to revive people's regard to it, as making way for the Messiah.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Behold, I send my messenger - A fifth excellency of the Baptist was, his preparing the way of the Lord; being the instrument, in God’s hand, of preparing the people’s hearts to receive the Lord Jesus; and it was probably through his preaching that so many thousands attached themselves to Christ, immediately on his appearing as a public teacher.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The first thing that demands our attention in this passage is the message which John the Baptist sends to our Lord Jesus Christ. He “sent two of his disciples and said unto him, “Art thou he that should come or do we look for another?” This question did not arise from doubt or unbelief on the part of John. We do that holy man injustice if we interpret it in such a way.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὗτός	houtos	For this	G3778 →
ἐστιν	estin	is [he]	G1510 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
οὗ	hou	whom	G3739 →
γέγραπται·	gegraptai	it has been written:	G1125 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	Behold	G2400 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἀποστέλλω	apostellō	send	G649 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἄγγελόν	angelon	messenger	G32 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
πρὸ	pro	before	G4253 →
προσώπου	prosōpou	[the] face	G4383 →
σου	sou	of You	G4771 →
ὃς	hos	who	G3739 →
κατασκευάσει	kataskeuasei	will prepare	G2680 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ὁδόν	hodon	way	G3598 →
σου	sou	of You	G4771 →
ἔμπροσθέν	emprosthen	before	G1715 →
σου.¶	sou	You.’	G4771 →

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
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.
leads to
- 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 3 independent paths from here.
- Mark 1:2–5
  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
- 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.’”
- Matthew 3:1–3
  In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
- Luke 1:16–17
  Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
Through
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…
leads to
- 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,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Malachi 4:5
  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
Through
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
leads to
- Luke 1:17
  And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew