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.”
[1:23] 1 tn Grk “He”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:23] 2 sn This call to “make straight” is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance.
[1:23] 3 sn A quotation from Isa 40:3.
