Luke 3:4

As it is written in the book of the discourses of Isaiah the prophet, who said: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; and make straight paths in the plain for our God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

In Context

3And he came into all the region about the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

5All valleys shall be filled up, and all mountains and hills be lowered; and the hillock shall be levelled down, and the rough place become smooth.

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Cross References

Mark 1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make smooth his paths.

Luke 1:76And thou, child, wilt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou wilt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his way,

John 1:23He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make smooth the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.

John 3:28Ye are witnesses for me, that I said: I am not the Messiah, but am sent to go before him.

Matthew Henry on Luke 3:2-15

Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is… Read the whole commentary →

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