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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 ...
Flying saucer (also Flying disc), a supposed type of flying craft having a disc or saucer-shaped body, commonly used generically to refer to an anomalous flying object. ( Ufology ) Foo fighter , a type of UFO reported and named by the U.S. 415th Special Operations Squadron , the term was also commonly used to mean any UFO sighting from that period.
He was chosen by God as a prophet (Arabic: نبي, romanized: nabi) and sent to preach against the selfishness of the wealthy and to condemn the practice of shirk (Arabic: شِرْك, lit. 'polytheism'). Although Saleh preached for a sustained period of time, the people of Thamud refused to hear his warning and instead began to ask Saleh to ...
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.
The verse is a quotation from Jeremiah 31:15.This is the first of three times Matthew quotes Jeremiah, the others being Matthew 16:14 and Matthew 24:9. [1] The verse is similar to the Masoretic, but is not an exact copy implying that it could be a direct translation from the Hebrew.