The voice of one crying in the wilderness This is the other testimony in proof of the same, and may be read in ( Isaiah 40:3 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 3:3).
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Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God;
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as it is written in [Isaiah] the prophet, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.
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Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of [the] Lord, make his paths straight.
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There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching [the] baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
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And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.