Mark 1:2 (BSB)
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
Commentary on Mark 1:2
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 1:1-8: We may observe here, I. What the New Testament is - the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God, Mar 1:1. 1. It is gospel; it is God's word, and is faithful and true; see Rev 19:9; Rev 21:5; Rev 22:6.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 1:2: As it is written in the prophets,.... Malachi and Isaiah; for passages out of both follow; though the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions read, "as it is written in the prophet Isaias"; and so it is in some Greek copies: but the former seems to be the better reading, since two prophets are cited, and Isaiah is the last; to which agree the Arabic...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 1:2: Verses 2,3 As it is written in the prophets. He mentions prophets, here, without specifying which. The places are found in ; and in . . (b) "in the prophets"
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on 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-- (Mal 3:1; Isa 40:3).