Malachi 3:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

I will

John 1:6

And he

And

Even

Acts 7:38

General references

Bible References

I will

This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare your way;

"And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the Lord to make his way ready,

Then what did you go out there to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet!

There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God.

And he

In those days John the Baptist appeared, and preached in the desert of Judea.

The disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

and he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God.

And he went all through the Jordan Valley preaching repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins,

(John testified to him and cried out??or it was he who said it??He who was to come after me is now ahead of me

You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.'

in preparation for whose coming John had preached to all the people of Israel baptism in token of repentance.

"John's baptism was a baptism in token of repentance," said Paul, "and he told the people to believe in him who was to follow him, that is, in Jesus."

And

for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord.

and he called two of them to him, and sent them to the Master to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

Every day he taught in the Temple, and the high priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy him,

In the Temple he found the dealers in cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting at their tables.

Even

It was he who with the congregation in the desert went between the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and received and communicated to you utterances that still live.

General references

This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

But I tell you, there is something greater than the Temple here!

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

and he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God.