Luke 7:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

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Referenced Verses

  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Mark 1:2 : 2 As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.
  • John 1:23 : 23 He said, `I `am' a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'
  • Isa 40:3 : 3 A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.
  • Luke 1:15-17 : 15 for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb; 16 and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God, 17 and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'
  • Mal 4:5-6 : 5 Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful. 6 And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!
  • Matt 11:10 : 10 for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

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    9`But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,

    10for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

    11Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

  • Mark 1:2-3
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    2As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --

    3`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
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    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

    2and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

    3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

  • Luke 7:28
    81%

    28for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

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    30this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:

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    76And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

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    26`But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

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    22They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

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    4as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

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    28ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

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    17And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.

    18And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

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    15John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, `This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'

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    2 verses
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    26John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

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    6There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

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    17and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

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    5Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

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    2 verses
    74%

    3said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

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    24John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

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    3A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

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