‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, 3
who will prepare your way before you.’ 4
18:10 “See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
1 sn A quotation from Ps 91:11. This was not so much an incorrect citation as a use in a wrong context (a misapplication of the passage).
2 sn A quotation from Ps 91:12.
3 tn Grk “before your face” (an idiom).
4 sn The quotation is primarily from Mal 3:1 with pronouns from Exod 23:20. Here is the forerunner who points the way to the arrival of God’s salvation. His job is to prepare and guide the people, as the cloud did for Israel in the desert.
5 sn An allusion to Pss 28:4; 62:12; cf. Prov 24:12.
7 tn Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.