Did Malachi prophecy about John the dipper? ~ Cross reference of Luke 7:24 to Malachi 3:1
Luke also gets the cross reference from Tanakh wrong. He quotes Malachi 3:1 to assert that John the dipper came just as Malachi prophesied to prepare the way for Jesus. You can find the prophecy about Elijah coming before the G-d's glory comes in Malachi 3:23 [Malachi 4:5 in the Greek text]. Why does the Greek text always get such a crucial link wrong? What struck me as odd is John the dipper is clear that he is the voice that Isaiah 40 prophesied and refuses to claim that he is Elijah but Jesus seems to be very clear that John the dipper is Elijah [not sure if Jesus thought John the dipper was the voice that Isaiah 40 talks about though.] But we have 2 issues here. Malachi is talking about an angel not Elijah and Malachi is talking about the Tetragrammaton & the angel of the covenant that Israel longs for coming to the temple. There is nothing about the messiah in these passages. All that said, let us examine this claim of Luke to see if it is correct. All Images are links t...