Malachi 3:1

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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

for it is he that is meant in that passage, "behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

It is written in the prophet, "behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

and you, dear babe, you shall be the prophet of the most high: for you shall go before the Lord, in order to prepare his way,

what then did you go to see? a prophet? yes, I say it, and more than a prophet.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

And he

At that time appeared John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

why then do the Scribes say, that Elias must first come?

he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

in pursuance of which, he went into all the country about Jordan, exhorting all to repent and be baptized, in order to obtain the remission of their sins.

it was of him that John bare witness, when he made this declaration, "this was he of whom I said, he that cometh after me, was before me; for he did indeed exist before me."

you yourselves can bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but was only sent before him:

before his appearance, John had preach'd the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

upon which Paul said, John indeed administer'd the baptism of repentance, but with this admonition, that they should believe in him, who was to come after, that is, in Jesus the Messias.

And

for the Lord Messiah your saviour is this day born, in the city of David:

and sent two of them to Jesus, with this question, are you the Messiah, or must we yet wait for some other?

and he instructed the people daily in the temple, while the chief priests, the Scribes, and the rulers of the people, were contriving to take away his life.

where he found in the temple those that sold oxen, sheep, and doves, besides the changers of money, who were sitting there.

Even

'twas he that was in the assembly with our fathers in the wilderness, and with the angel that spoke to him on mount Sina: and delivered the oracles to him by word of mouth for our use.

General references

for it is he that is meant in that passage, "behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

now I tell you, that the work now in hand, is of greater consequence than that of the temple.

At length they started this question, why do the Scribes say, that Elias must first come?

he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.