Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 1:23

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 1:23 - 1:23

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 1:23 - 1:23

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23. ἐγὼ φωνὴ κ.τ.λ. I am a voice, &c. The Synoptists use these words of John as fulfilling prophecy. From this it seems that they were first so used by himself. The quotation is from the LXX. with the change of ἐτοιμάσατε into εὐθύνατε. John was a Voice making known the Word, meaningless without the Word. There is a scarcely doubtful reference to this passage in Justin Martyr (c. A.D. 150); οὐκ εἰμὶ ὁ Χριστὸς, ἀλλὰ φωνὴ βοῶντος. Trypho, lxxxviii. Comp. Joh 3:3.