Jesus Testifies about John
Matthew 11:10
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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.’Malachi 3:1
- 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.
- WEB
- For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
- ASV
- This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
- LSV
- for this is he of whom it has been written: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.
- YLT
- for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
- DBY
- this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
- DRC
- For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
- GNV
- For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include γάρ (“for”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: οὗτός. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὗτός; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add γάρ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.
- RP2018
- Οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται, Ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.
- TR-Boyd
- Οὗτος γάρ ἐστι περὶ οὗ γέγραπται, Ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.
- SCR1894
- ουτος γαρ εστιν περι ου γεγραπται ιδου εγω αποστελλω τον αγγελον μου προ προσωπου σου ος κατασκευασει την οδον σου εμπροσθεν σου
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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 is coming,” says the LORD…
- Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Mark 1:2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
- Luke 7:26–27What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 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.’
- John 1:23John 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 3:3This 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.’”
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