Matthew 11:10
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| Matthew 11:10 | |
|---|---|
← 11:9 11:11 → | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 11:10 is the tenth verse in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is:
- Οὗτος γάρ ἐστι περὶ οὗ γέγραπται, Ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- This is the one about whom it is written: "'I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'
Analysis
The words here are from Malachi 3:1, "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me." The Greek word ἄγγελόν is angel, which can also be translated as messenger. Lapide notes that some people actually believed that John was an angel. The phrase, "who shall prepare your way," MacEvilly notes is allusive to the custom of preparing ways, by removing obstacles for the coming of a king into some part of their dominion. John, is said, by his preaching and baptism, to have "removed every obstacle to the proper reception of Christ; by his austere and heavenly life."[1][2]
