Luke 7:27

27 This is the one about whom the Tanakh says, `See, I am sending out my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.'

Luke 7:27 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 7:27

This is he of whom it is written
In ( Malachi 3:1 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 11:10). (See Gill on Mark 1:2).

Luke 7:27 In-Context

25 No? then what did you go out to see? Someone who was well dressed? But people who dress beautifully and live in luxury are found in kings' palaces.
26 Nu, so what did you go out to see? A prophet! Yes, and I tell you he's much more than a prophet.
27 This is the one about whom the Tanakh says, `See, I am sending out my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.'
28 I tell you that among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than Yochanan the Immerser! Yet the one who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he!"
29 All the people who heard him, even the tax-collectors, by undergoing Yochanan's immersion acknowledged that God was right;
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