Was John the dipper the voice calling out in the wilderness? ~ Cross reference of John 1:23 to Isaiah 40:3
Finally we are out of the synoptic gospels and hope we have new opportunities to see if the Greek text cross references Tanakh correctly. I believe John has a very high level of Christology and it will be good to review them in context. John the dipper event is similar to the other 3 gospels so I will direct you to the post that already covers this cross reference to Isaiah 40:6 One point to call out is John [church father[s] who wrote this gospel] are very clear and more accurate that John the dipper is the voice of Isaiah 40. They make sure that John the dipper also denies he being Elijah. This does not however solve the issue Matthew & Luke make Jesus insist that John the dipper was indeed Elijah who came to make the way clear for him as it is written Malachi 3:1 [which by the way is talking about a messenger / angel] Malachi 3:23 [Malachi 4:5 in the Greek text] is where you see G-d saying that Elijah will come before the great and awesome day of G-d not the messiah. While ...