John 1:23

1:23 John 1  said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight 2  the way for the Lord,’ 3  as Isaiah the prophet said.”

John 14:6

14:6 Jesus replied, 4  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. 5  No one comes to the Father except through me.

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

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

3 sn A quotation from Isa 40:3.

4 tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”

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