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Wherefore he adds, Make straight the way of the Lord, as saith the prophet, Esaias." [3] Gregory the Great: "The way of the Lord is made straight to the heart, when the word of truth is heard with humility; the way of the Lord is made straight to the heart, when the life is formed upon the precept." [3]
Where Isaiah has "make straight paths for God" becomes "make straight paths for him". The author of Matthew does not introduce this quote with his standard "so it might be fulfilled" construction. Gundry argues that this was because while a figure like John the Baptist could complete a prophecy, only Jesus could fulfill them. [2]
John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī ...
Pseudo-Chrysostom: This action of Christ's has a figurative meaning pertaining to all who were after Him to be baptized; and therefore he says, straightway He ascended, and not simply He ascended, for all who are worthily baptized in Christ, straightway ascend from the water; that is, make progress in virtues, and are carried on towards a ...
John 1:29–35 on Papyrus 106, written in the 3rd century. The second part of John 1 (verse 19 onwards) records the preparation that John the Baptist was in the process of making for the coming of the Messiah, the Messiah's arrival and the Messiah's first disciples.
Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist according to John. He only appears three times in Mark, here, and in Mark 3:18 and Mark 13:3. They follow him and then soon come upon James and John (whom he will name the Sons of Thunder in 3:17), who also quickly join the group, "they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men". Peter ...
John the Baptist's diet has been the centre of much discussion. [7] For many years, the Greek: ἀκρίδες (akrides) was interpreted as referring not to locusts, the insect, but rather to the seed pods of the carob tree. But the Greek word is not used this way, [8] and this notion is generally rejected today. [9]
Thus John the Baptist is presenting himself as very lowly indeed. Matthew slightly differs from the wording found in Luke and Mark. In those two gospels, John is not worthy of untying the messiah's sandals, in Matthew he is unworthy of carrying them. John predicts a much stronger form of baptism by the Holy Spirit and by fire.