Luke 1:76

Zechariah prophesies that his son John will be the prophet who prepares the way for the Lord. It matters because John's mission points directly to the coming Messiah.

Cross-references · 22

• Mal 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 40:3–5The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
• Mark 1:2–3As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• Matt 14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
• Matt 3:3For this is he that was spoken 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.
• Matt 11:9–10But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
• John 1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
• Acts 16:17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
• Luke 1:32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
• Mark 11:32But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
• Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
• John 3:28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
• Ps 87:5And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
• Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
• Luke 1:16–17And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
• Matt 21:26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
• Matt 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
• Luke 7:27–28This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• Acts 13:24–25When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
• Luke 3:4–6As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• John 1:27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
• Mal 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

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