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 this is he of whom it is written: "Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;"

And thou, child, shalt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou shalt go in advance before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

But what have ye gone out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

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

And he

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

And the disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?

And many of the sons of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God.

And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me hath gone before me; for he was before me.

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I was sent before that man.

before whose coming forward John had first preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Then said Paul, John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, that they should believe on him that was coming after him; that is, on Jesus.

And

for to you hath been born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, who is the Christ, the Lord.

And calling to him two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that is to come, or are we to look for another?

And he was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests, and the scribes, and the leading men of the people sought to destroy him.

And he found in the temple those who sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the moneychangers sitting.

Even

This is he that was in the assembly in the wilderness with the anger who spake to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us;

General references

For this is he of whom it is written: "Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

But I say to you, that something greater than the temple is here.

And they asked him, saying, How is it that the Pharisees and scribes say that Elijah must come first?

And many of the sons of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God.