John 1:23

1:23 John said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

John 14:6

14:6 Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

tn Grk “He”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

sn This call to “make straight” is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance.

sn A quotation from Isa 40:3.

tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”

tn Or “I am the way, even the truth and the life.”