Mark 1:2
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
KJV
καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν τῷ Ἡσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου·
Greek NT
Sicut scriptum est in Isaia propheta : Ecce ego mitto angelum meum ante faciem tuam, qui præparabit viam tuam ante te.
Vulgate
Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way;
ASV
As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
κατασκευάζω
kataskeuazo
verb · 11×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
πρό
pro
preposition · 47×
πρόσωπον
prosopon
noun · 77×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἡσαΐας
esaias
noun · 23×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.
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Mal 3:1 · adapted"Behold, 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."Malachi's messenger combined with Exodus 23:20 in Mark's prologue
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Exod 23:20 · adapted"Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared."Exodus angel-messenger conflated with Malachi's forerunner
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Καθὼς | WH/Treg/NIV: Καθὼς | RP: Ὡς
- Καθὼς — SBLGNT
- Καθὼς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ὡς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ | WH/Treg/NIV: τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ | RP: τοῖς προφήταις
- τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ — SBLGNT
- τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τοῖς προφήταις — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: Ἰδοὺ | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἰδοὺ | RP: + ἐγὼ
- Ἰδοὺ — SBLGNT
- Ἰδοὺ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἐγὼ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: σου | WH/Treg/NIV: σου | RP: + ἔμπροσθέν σου
- σου — SBLGNT
- σου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἔμπροσθέν σου — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Having in the introduction spoken to us things of urgent importance concerning God the Word, (the Evangelist) proceeding on his road, and in order, afterwards comes to the herald of the Word, his namesake John. And now that you hear that he was sent from God, do not for the future imagine that any of the words spoken by him are mere man's words; for all that he utters is not…
Chapter 23.—Whether We are to Believe that Angels, Who are of a Spiritual Substance, Fell in Love with the Beauty of Women, and Sought Them in Marriage, and that from This Connection Giants Were Born. In the third book of this work (c. 5) we made a passing reference to this question, but did not decide whether angels, inasmuch as they are spirits, could have bodily intercourse …
Cross-references
- Acts 13:24 — When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- Isa 40:3 — The 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.
- John 3:28 — Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- John 6:45 — It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
- Luke 1:15 — For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
- Luke 1:70 — As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
- Luke 1:76 — And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
- Luke 1:76 — And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
- Luke 7:27 — This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Luke 7:27 — This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Mal 3:1 — Behold, 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,
- Mal 3:1 — Behold, 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,
- Mark 9:12 — And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
- Matt 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
- Matt 11:10 — For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Matt 11:10 — For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Matt 26:31 — Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
- Ps 40:7 — Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,