John 1:6
There came an ish haElohim (a man of G-d), having been sent from Hashem. His name was Yochanan.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
In Context
5And the Ohr shines in the choshech, + 1:5 Ps 18:28 and the choshech did not grasp it. + 1:5 Isa 9:1
Cross References
Malachi 3:1Hineni, I will send malachi, 1 and he shall prepare the Derech before me: 1 and HaAdon (the L-rd) [Moshiach], + 3:1 Zech 4:14 whom ye seek, 1 shall suddenly come to His Heikhal, 1 even the Malach HaBrit, in whom ye have chafetz (delight): 1 hinei, He is coming, saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1
Matthew 3:1Now in those days Yochanan of the tevilah of teshuva appears, darshenen (preaching) as a mevaser (herald) + 3:1 for the Moshiach in the midbar (wilderness) of Yehudah,
Matthew 21:25The tevilah in the mikveh mayim of Yochanan, it was from where, from Shomayim or from Bnei Adam? And they were discussing it among themselves, saying, If we say, From Shomayim, he will say to us, Why then do you not believe him?
Luke 1:13But the malach said to him, Do not have pachad (fear), Zecharyah. Your tefillah (prayer) was heard and your isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben to you and you will call his shem Yochanan.
Luke 1:61And they said to her, There is no one from your krovim who is called by this shem.
Luke 3:2And when, during the same historical period, Anan and Caiapha were Kohanim Gedolim, then it was that the dvar Hashem came to + 3:2 the kohen-navi Yochanan Ben Zecharyah bamidbar (in the wilderness).
Matthew Henry on John 1:2-6
John It is not material to enquire when and where this gospel was written; we are sure that it was given by inspiration of God to John, the brother of James, one of the twelve apostles, distinguished by the honourable character of that disciple whom Jesus loved, one of the first three of the worthies of the Son of David, whom he took to be the witnesses of his retirements, particularly of his transfiguration and his agony. The ancients tell us that John lived longest of all the twelve apostles, and was the only… Read the whole commentary →