BibliographyEllicott, Charles John. 1832. And he answered, No. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” "Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament". (John 1:23). "—And then the latter endeavours to illustrate the humility of John the Baptist's reply, as if he had said, "Far from being the Messiah, or Elias, or one of the old prophets, I am nothing but a voice, a sound, which as soon as it has expressed the thought, of which it is the sign, dies into air, and is known no more." 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. (Witham). He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not the person of Elias. Go to, He said, "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, `MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said. ii., p. 408; Clergyman's Magazine, vol. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/john-1.html. These files were made available by Mr. Ernie Stefanik. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. A. John the Baptist saw himself as a voice of one crying out in the wilderness (1:23). First of all, we must understand who John was. I don’t “warm up” old messages, but I did find some helpful material from that old message. He was to get things ready for Jesus to carry out his mission. The Lord’s Appearing to His Own (John 20:1-23, 1:11) When I say “His own” we must have a proper understanding of this expression “His own”. The word is personal. Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples. I am the voice — As if he had said, Far from being Christ, or even Elijah, I am nothing but a voice: a sound that so soon as it has expressed the thought of which it is the sign, dies into air, and is known no more. 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 adverb modifying "born/beget" in verses 3 and 5 is anōthen. John … https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/john-1.html. that we may give an answer to them that sent us. This week I happened to look at a series I did on “Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ” nearly 20 years ago, and there it was, a message on John chapter 21! i. What does this verse really mean? “He said, I amthe voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make … Make straight the way (εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν). We must not omit one purpose of God in raising up this remarkable forerunner to go before our Lord. (1 Peter 1:23) "Again" or "from Above" (3:3, 5, 7) There's another issue to examine as we try to understand Jesus' teaching as accurately as possible. What does John 1:27 mean? The quotation is from Isaiah 40:3. BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on John 1:23". Frankly, I had forgotten the story I used way back then, but it was so good I’m going to use it again, if you’ll pardon me for doing so. "E.W. "Calvin's Commentary on the Bible". BibliographySchaff, Philip. It is something distinct. 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). reception of the Holy Spirit in John 20:22 refers to neither empowerment nor transformation. 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. "Commentary on John 1:23". If the Holy Spirit “abides” (μενει — menei John 14:17) in you, that heart becomes a temple (ναος — naos) of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16. College Press, Joplin, MO. BibliographyNisbet, James. "The Bible Study New Testament". BibliographyCoke, Thomas. 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. 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. Had the Baptist said only, I am a voice crying in the wilderness, there might have been more room for such a supposition: but since he calls himself the voice of one crying in the wilderness, the words are plainly to be understood with very great latitude; for they would else imply that he was not the very person that so cried; and designedly referring his hearers to the words of Isaiah, who cannot be imagined to have intended a diminution of this saint's character, they are an instance of that remarkable liberty of expression which the Hebrew language, wherein they were spoken, admits. See note on Matthew 3:3. &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 … https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/john-1.html. The quotation is from Isaiah 40:3. 40–66) so full of the rich promises and revelations of the Messiah and His kingdom. IV. John 1:51 Gen. 28:12 as said the prophet Esaias, in Isaiah 40:3. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/scn/john-1.html. Hence it follows that he does nothing but what God commanded him to do. BibliographyTrapp, John. [97] 1. 3 "I'm going out to fish," Simon Peter told them, and they said, "We'll go with you." 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. THE PROLOGUE TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. An old message; yet one for our own day. John 1:1-18 . 1874-1909. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jab/john-1.html. v., p. 32; J. Keble, Sermons, from Advent to Christmas Eve, p. p. 373. 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. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. 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. See on Matthew 3:5. The "voice" brings awareness of "the word," which people are then expected to respond to. 23. ἐγὼ φωνὴ κ.τ.λ. Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament. Among the heralds who announced that the Lord was at hand, John held the chief place. that we may give an answer to them that sent us. Bibliography"Commentary on John 1:23". 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. Philippians 1:23(NASB) Verse Thoughts Paul was a man that loved His Lord with a passion that is rarely seen today, and he simply longed to be with His Saviour, but Paul also had a deep compulsion to tell others about the One Person Who could save and sanctify a lost sinner. "Commentary on John 1:23". We had the same, See Poole on "Matthew 3:3", See Poole on "Mark 1:3". BibliographyIce, Rhoderick D. "Commentary on John 1:23". (1) First, as to the place of his ministry. 1859. It is poetic prose—prose with the soul of poetry—prose that, like poetry, packs layers of meaning in a word or phrase. BibliographyClarke, Adam. Copyright � Broadman Press 1932,33, Renewal 1960. John 1:23. 1685. His ascetic character, his stern morality, his utterance of his message in the well-known words of their prophets,—all this was exactly of a kind to please Jewish feelings and conciliate Jewish prejudices. ", 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. In other words, John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/sbc/john-1.html. First published online in 1996 at The Restoration Movement Pages. xviii., p. 401. 1865-1868. Standard Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. 70. as said the prophet Esaias, in Isaiah 40:3. 23.The voice of him who crieth. 1871-8. "Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament". Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. And he said, I am the voice of one crying in the. I. I do not think we often question respecting the course and testimony of Christ's forerunner—whereunto served it? He conies to lead back his people through the desert to their own land. The first of four occurances of his name in John; and this from the latter part of Isaiah, which modern critics say Isaiah did not write. We need a continual cleansing because the Bible says we continually sin and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). For one thing, I was in need of a good introduction for this lesson. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. The quotation is from the LXX. The prophecy mentioned here is Isaiah 40:3, and thus John laid claim to the office of the harbinger of the Messiah. John 1:23 Context. And if it be alleged that they who rejected and crucified Him were the scribes and Pharisees who also rejected the baptism of John, the answer to this is, that the people themselves gave their voices for His crucifixion, that His course had disappointed and irritated them as well as their rulers, or they would not have listened to these latter rather than to Him. Here he uses it of himself. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock. 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hac/john-1.html. Introduction This week I happened to look at a series I did on “Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ” nearly 20 years ago, and there it was, a message on John chapter 21! What does John 1:27 mean? Especially is there a work to be done in the non-Christian world. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/john-1.html. The number 153 has inspired many, many attempts to find a spiritual meaning in the number, but none of these explanations has proved convincing. It is poetic prose—prose with the soul of poetry—prose that, like poetry, packs layers of meaning in a word or phrase. "He must increase, but I must decrease." He said, I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. And he saith, I am not. the heraldic voice of a divine warning to prepare the way for the great King. 1905. (u) Kimchi in Isaiah 40.1. And so does God ever send His messengers to prepare His way before Him. The words are from Isaiah 40:3, and, though slightly modified in form, they completely express the sense of the original passage. In Matthew 17, Jesus compared John to the prophet Elijah. Broadman Press 1932,33. Art thou Elias? Finding the new version too difficult to understand? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. 1909-1922. ◄ John 1:23 ► He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. ( D) 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 1876. The Greek word can have both the meaning "from above" (which is most common) as well as "again, anew" (less common). Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. Browse Sermons on John 1:23. John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ? John 1:1-18 . The synoptics applied this prophecy to John the Baptist (Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4). John was not that Prophet whom Moses said the Lord would raise up … https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cgt/john-1.html. with the change of ἐτοιμάσατε into εὐθύνατε. H. Alford, Quebec Chapel Sermons, vol. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. "Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges". BibliographyBengel, Johann Albrecht. 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. But see the Structure in the Isaiah book comments, and App-79. The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Crook was wont to say to his friends rejoicing with him, and blessing God for him, "I am nothing but a voice.". John 3:3. Has He not made our duty plain? 23. To captive Israel, whose warfare is now accomplished, whose iniquity is pardoned, the glorious approach of her Deliverer is proclaimed. 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. The Hebrew writers generally understand the passage, of the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, and of removing all obstructions in their way to Jerusalem; to which sense the Targum on the place inclines, which paraphrases it thus. 3.; Luke iii. He said (επη — ephē). 1887. American Tract Society. There is no article. 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. 1914. Church Pulpit Commentary. ( C) 2 He was with God in the beginning. The point of the quotation is that it gives no prominence to the preacher whatever (Morris, p. 137). Charles Schribner's Sons. 23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. He was the herald, who was sent ahead of Christ, to announce that the day of their visitation was near. "Commentary on John 1:23". John 1:23 German Bible Alphabetical: a am as calling crying desert for He I in Isaiah John Lord Lord' Make of one prophet replied said straight the voice way wilderness words NT Gospels: John 1:23 He said I am the voice (Jhn Jo Jn) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools 1863-1878. EXEGESIS: JOHN 1:1-18. [⇑ See verse text ⇑] In verse 27, John the Baptist (not the same John as the author of this gospel, the disciple John) gives more details about the person "standing among" the people, unrecognized. What sayest thou of thyself? Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. His Master was "The Word;" the herald was but a voice crying through the Judean desert, Make ready for the coming Lord! ((w) Jarchi in Isaiah 40.3. It is as if he had said, "I am the person of whom Isaiah speaks, when he says, the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness." I. By implication, the Baptist, quoting this opening prophecy of himself, announces the approaching fulfilment of the whole section. About John the Baptist, Jesus said, "And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come" (Matthew 11:14). Or, a voice. See John 14:2 for the word μονη — monē (dwelling, abiding place). It appears to be an eyewitness detail to emphasize the great number of fish caught, without any intended deeper meaning. BibliographyGill, John. I have a friend who devised a very clever plan for “getting away… Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". Here he uses it of himself. that prophet—announced in De 18:15, &c., about whom they seem not to have been agreed whether he were the same with the Messiah or no. At the very last, when the enmity of the scribes and Pharisees was at its highest, we find they dared not insinuate that the baptism of John was not from heaven but of men—because all the people held John for a prophet. I am the voice, &c.— It is to be feared that Clemens of Alexandria, and Archbishop Fenelon, lay too great a stress on the word φωνη, voice, when the former of these excellent men says, "Does not John call men to salvation, and is he not entirely an exhortatory voice? The inquiry of the Pharisees pardonable. 1870. But that visible wilderness, in which John preached, was a figure or image of the awful desolation which took away all hope of deliverance. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/john-1.html. John 8:58, "Jesus said to them, … Nowhere in the Bible do we read that “His own” should be interpreted as the nation of Israel. John 1:23: “He said, ‘I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of the Lord,” as Isaiah the prophet said.’” He was citing Isaiah 40:3. Some join in the wilderness with make straight, as in the Hebrew. There is a scarcely doubtful reference to this passage in Justin Martyr (c. A.D. 150); οὐκ εἰμὶ ὁ Χριστὸς, ἀλλὰ φωνὴ βοῶντος. W. Burgoyne, Christian World Pulpit, vol. BibliographyNicoll, William R. "Commentary on John 1:23". All that merely leads on to, all that stops short of Christ Himself shall wane and fade; while He shall shine on ever more and more glorious. 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. Note on Matthew 3:3.). Haggai 2:9, that the glory of that latter house (built by Ezra, and Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah) should be greater than of the former. "Commentary on John 1:23". BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. 1983-1999. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. "The Fourfold Gospel". John was a Voice making known the Word, meaningless without the Word. "Commentary on John 1:23". Isaiah 40:3. In John, this is an incredibly weighty and long-anticipated scene. He said, I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. (y) Aben Ezra in Isa. ), and so a fit dwelling place for the Father and the Son, a glorious and uplifting reality. i. (3) One more lesson from the Baptist's course seems to be set before us. "Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament". 1896. The herald’s voice sounds in the desert, announcing the coming of the King, commanding that all obstacles be removed from the course of His triumphal march, and that through the wilderness there be made a highway for the Deliverer and for the people whom He has set free. He is "the voice" of Isaiah 40:3, from the Greek word phone. EXEGESIS: JOHN 1:1-18. Esaias = Isaiah. "Commentary on John 1:23". This figure is "the One who comes after," meaning the Messiah. There is still a work to be done in many of our hearts. Some join in the wilderness with make straight, as in the Hebrew. John 1:23. On the figure of preparing the roads, see on Luke 3:5. 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. 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. According to passages like Isaiah 40:3-5, this prophet would be a voice calling in the desert, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” We are told in Matthew 3 and Luke 3 that this prophet was John the Baptist. Used by permission of Broadman Press (Southern Baptist Sunday School Board). "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". 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. "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. 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. He speaks of himself as the herald, or rather as the herald’s voice; as in John 1:8, his personality, so to speak, is swallowed up in the message which he came to bring. See the notes at Matthew 3:1-3. I am a voice, &c. The Synoptists use these words of John as fulfilling prophecy. BibliographyBullinger, Ethelbert William. 1765. II. For one thing, I was in need of a good introduction for this lesson. Jesus, on the other hand, is "The Word," from the Greek word logos (John 1:1). 1801-1803. I am, &c. Quoting from Isaiah 40:3. The interest excited is natural. These words, which by the other Evangelists are spoken of John as the fulfilment of the prophecy, appear from this place to have been first so used by himself. 1840-57. So, what exactly did Jesus mean in John 20:23? https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/john-1.html. See Matthew iii. II. From this it seems that they were first so used by himself. John 1:23. BibliographyVincent, Marvin R. DD. John 1:23 Translation & Meaning. 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. ((x) Zohar in Gen. fol. 1 John 3:23. Clearly, John the Baptist was sent by God to prepare the way for Jesus as all four quotes above demonstrate. Their Saviour was coming and He had the Words of eternal life, for He was the Incarnate Word of God. them better explains it by, הם המבשרים, "they are they that bring glad tidings", or good news; such are Gospel preachers; only it should have been in the singular number: for the text speaks but of one voice; of one person crying; and of John the Baptist, who brought the good news, and glad tidings, that the Messiah was coming, yea, that he was already come, and that the kingdom of heaven was at hand. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cal/john-1.html. Chemnitius thinks, that John chose rather to preach and fulfil his ministry in the wilderness, than in the temple; to make an illustrious difference between himself, who was but the Lord’s messenger, and whose office was but to prepare the Lord’s way, and his Lord himself, of whom it was prophesied, Malachi 3:1, The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his holy temple; upon which account Haggai prophesied. "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. Lacking now, indeed, the dramatic surroundings of its first delivery: the man from the desert, with the frame of an ascetic, the eye of a seer, the garb of a prophet, with a reputation for sanctity, heightened by his sudden change from solitude of the wild country to nearer approach to men. To get what Philippians 1:23 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. The Jews give a different interpretation of the words; though one of their celebrated commentatorsF21Kimchi in Isa. I am the voice—John’s answer, while it evades all their malice, invests him with the dignity of being foretold by ancient prophecy. He is as a voice, not to be inquired about but heard. II. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/whe/john-1.html. "Commentary on John 1:23". "Commentary on John 1:23". The Word is divine. BibliographyAlford, Henry. BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. 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