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of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. The World English Bible translates the passage as: For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight."
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. The New International Version translates the passage as: John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'"
The description of John the Baptist's clothing is believed by most scholars to be a deliberate echo that of the prophet Elijah, who in 2 Kings 1:8 is said to wear "a garment of hair and with a leather belt around his waist." [3] Jerome also appears to hold this position saying, "His girdle of skin, which Elijah also wore, is the mark of ...
The phrase "the voice of one crying in the wilderness" is from the Bible, where it occurs in each of the four New Testament gospels; Matthew, 3:3; Mark, 1:3; Luke, 3:4; and John 1:23. In all four gospels, the phrase is used by Isaiah to describe John the Baptist , thus suggesting that John may be the figure in the picture, preaching in the ...
Voice in the Wilderness: Collected Essays of Fifty Years, a 1974 book by Corliss Lamont; Voices in the Wilderness, a 1977 non-fiction book by John Bowden; A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Notes from a Secret Journal, a 1989 book by Edward Abbey; Voice in the Wilderness: Imre Nagy and the Hungarian Revolution, a 1991 non-fiction book by Peter Unwin
Christ in the Desert or Christ in the Wilderness [2] [3] (Russian: Христос в пустыне, romanized: Khristos v pustyne) is an 1872 painting by Russian artist Ivan Kramskoi, reflecting the temptation of Christ. Kramskoi was offered a professorship for the painting by the Russian Academy of Arts Council but rejected it in the ...
Kibroth Hattaavah or Kibroth-hattaavah (Hebrew: קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה, graves of craving) is one of the locations which the Israelites passed through during their Exodus journey, recorded in the Book of Numbers. [1]
A page from Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of Blake's prophetic books.. The prophetic books of the 18th-century English poet and artist William Blake are a series of lengthy, interrelated poetic works drawing upon Blake's own personal mythology.