On the figure of preparing the roads, see on Luke 3:5. On wilderness, see on Matthew 3:1. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. (y) Aben Ezra in Isa. BibliographyNisbet, James. John 1:23. ἐγὼ φωνή, I the Voice) An abbreviated mode of expression; I am that person, of whom it has been said; the Voice of one crying. 1871-8. [⇑ See verse text ⇑] John the Baptist makes one crystal-clear claim to fulfill Old Testament prophecy. Art thou Elias? College Press, Joplin, MO. What does this verse really mean? The words are from Isaiah 40:3, and, though slightly modified in form, they completely express the sense of the original passage. 3. interprets, "the voice", of the Holy Ghost; and so far it may be true, as John was filled with the Holy Ghost, and he spake by him in his ministry: and anotherF24Zohar in Gen. fol. What does John 1:27 mean? For ὁδὸν , way, all the Synoptists have τρίβους , beaten tracks; and for the verb εὐθύνατε , make straight, the adjective and verb εὐθύνατε ποιεῖτε . &c.] Since, as yet, he had only answered in negatives, who he was not, that he was not the Christ, nor Elias, nor that prophet; they desire he would give them a positive account who he was: that we may give answer to them that sent us; that their labour might not be in vain; that they might not come so far for nothing, without knowing who he was; and … This is why John was the greatest person born of women up to that time, and was the greatest prophet. 1801-1803. And so it was with the mission and career of John the Baptist. Browse Sermons on John 1:23. Commentary on John 1:19-28 (Read John 1:19-28) John disowns himself to be the Christ, who was now expected and waited for. Their Saviour was coming and He had the Words of eternal life, for He was the Incarnate Word of God. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. This story is bracketed by stories of Jesus’ power to do miraculous works and people’s response to his display of power: • It is preceded by the feeding of the five thousand (6:30-44), Jesus walking on water (6:45-52) and the healing of the sick in Gennesaret (6:53-56). "Commentary on John 1:23". "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. We know that by it the Jewish people as a whole were not prepared to receive Jesus as their Saviour, for they rejected and crucified Him. "Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament". ( C) 2 He was with God in the beginning. Some join in the wilderness with make straight, as in the Hebrew. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. John 3:3. John 1:23. 40–66) so full of the rich promises and revelations of the Messiah and His kingdom. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Then said they unto him, who art thou? 1879-90. BibliographyRobertson, A.T. "Commentary on John 1:23". "Commentary on John 1:23". John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3; John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice) John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God. He thinks of neither. make straight the way of the Lord; he called upon persons to reform their ways, and walk in the way of the Lord, to repent of their sins, believe in Christ, and submit to the ordinance of baptism: the Ethiopic version reads, "the way of God"; and such was the person he came to prepare the way for, even the Son of God, and who is truly and properly God. John is called a Voice, because he was enjoined to cry. In other words, John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah. He wa… 1887. "Commentary on John 1:23". He was the … The Baptizer introduced Jesus in John 1:33 as “the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.” Jesus himself has said that his ability to give the Holy Spirit “without measure” would offer proof that … For one thing, I was in need of a good introduction for this lesson. (2) Again, the character of the Baptist's message has a voice and meaning for us. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not the person of Elias. BibliographyCalvin, John. EXEGESIS: JOHN 1:1-18. It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. (Comp. I am the voice - See the notes at Matthew 3:3. "Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament". For ὁδὸν, way, all the Synoptists have τρίβους, beaten tracks; and for the verb εὐθύνατε, make straight, the adjective and verb εὐθύνατε ποιεῖτε. It is something distinct. 4. , of the resurrection of the dead, or the voice that will be heard then, which will be the voice of the archangel: though another ofF25Aben Ezra in Isa. BibliographyCoke, Thomas. make straight the way of the Lord; he called upon persons to reform their ways, and walk in the way of the Lord, to repent of their sins, believe in Christ, and submit to the ordinance of baptism: the Ethiopic version reads, "the way of God"; and such was the person he came to prepare the way for, even the Son of God, and who is truly and properly God. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. And he answered, No. 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. (3) One more lesson from the Baptist's course seems to be set before us. 1983-1999. If that duty be neglected, is it not at our peril? ii., p. 263. And he saith, I am not. About John the Baptist, Jesus said, "And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come" (Matthew 11:14). 3.; Mark i. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. In the other three Gospels it is applied to the Baptist (Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4). And this is his commandment Having mentioned the keeping of the commandments of God, the apostle proceeds to show what they are; that they are faith in Christ, and love to one another; which two are reduced to one, because they are inseparable; where the one is, the other is; faith works by love. "Commentary on John 1:23". 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. In the wilderness] Not in the temple; to show that the legal shadows were now to vanish. Common imperfect active (or second aorist active) of πημι phēmi to say, old defective verb. MARK 7:1-23. THE CONTEXT. In this chapter, Jesus establishes a pattern that continues through John’s gospel—Jesus makes a statement about who He is, and He backs it up with something He does. John 1:51 The Greek is plural. Only God can forgive sins, and Christ, being God, has the power to do so as well, but He never communicated any such power to His disciples, nor did they ever assume any such power to themselves. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cpc/john-1.html. This is another indication that John does not mean sinless perfection by the phrase walk in the light; otherwise, there would be no sin to cleanse in this ongoing sense. The interest excited is natural. John’s adult life was characterized by devotion and surrender to Jesus Christ and His kingdom. 1905. To captive Israel, whose warfare is now accomplished, whose iniquity is pardoned, the glorious approach of her Deliverer is proclaimed. He said, I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. We had the same, See Poole on "Matthew 3:3", See Poole on "Mark 1:3". Thus was additional evidence given to the fact that the rejection of Jesus by His own was not merely for any hostility that His own character and course excited in them, still less on account of His falling short of the announcements of their prophets, but because they were hardened in heart against God and indisposed to turn to Him at all. 1 John 3:23. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. They are acting as men who ask questions about the messenger of a great king who is coming to them and is at hand, instead of hastening with every effort to make ready for him. For example, we read in John 1:11, “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not”. Copyright StatementThe text of this work is public domain. Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary, Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament. John 1:23. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, And he said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Especially is there a work to be done in the non-Christian world.—People hear in a vague way about non-Christian faiths or about Paganism; but do not realise their forces. Copyright StatementJames Burton Coffman Commentaries reproduced by permission of Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. 1. owns, that the comforts spoken of in the preceding verses are what will be in the days of the King Messiah: one of themF23Jarchi in Isa xl. Art thou Elias? This figure is "the One who comes after," meaning the Messiah. 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 New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". THE PROLOGUE TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. The "voice" brings awareness of "the word," which people are then expected to respond to. i. Now what a vast advantage must it have given the early preachers of the Gospel to have had to do with a people who held John for a prophet, for John's testimony to Jesus was a matter of notoriety. 23.The voice of him who crieth. (John 1:12) But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, (John 5:27) and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. "He must increase, but I must decrease." The prophecy mentioned here is Isaiah 40:3, and thus John laid claim to the office of the harbinger of the Messiah. This figure is "the One who comes after," meaning the Messiah. John … Make straight the way (εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν). 1896. The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his holy temple; He said, I am a voice crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. Copyright StatementThe Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament. εὐθύνατε is used as compendiously expressing ἑτοιμάσατε … εὐθείας ποιεῖτε. In the other three Gospels it is applied to the Baptist (Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4). 1765. John’s voice was a "lone voice in the wilderness" (John 1:23) as he proclaimed the coming of the Messiah to a people who desperately needed a Savior. "the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, prepare the way before the people of the Lord, make in the plain, paths before the congregation of our God: but not the people of the Lord, but the Lord himself, and not the congregation of God, but God himself is intended; whose ways were to be prepared, and made plain, even the King Messiah; which was to be done, and was done by his forerunner John the Baptist, who, with great modesty, expresses himself in the language of this Scripture, as being a prophecy of him: he was a "voice", but not a mere voice; nor was his ministry a mere voice of words, as the law was, but it was the sweet voice of the Gospel, proclaiming the coming of the Messiah; encouraging men to believe in him; calling them to evangelical repentance, and publishing remission of sins in the name of Christ, and pointing him out as the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world: this voice was "crying"; it was not a still small voice, it was a very loud one; John lifted up his voice like a trumpet; he delivered himself with great zeal and fervency; and it was "in the wilderness" where this voice was heard, in the wilderness of Judea, as in Matthew 3:1 where Jesus came preaching; the Ethiopic version renders the words, "I am the voice of one that goes about in the wilderness"; that is, in the several towns and villages which were in the wilderness, to whom John went and preached the Gospel: the Persic version reads, "I am the voice and cry which cometh out of the wilderness"; referring to the place where he was before he entered on his public ministry, and from whence he came; for he was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel, Luke 1:80. 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