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Isaiah and John the Baptist
How Isaiah and John the Baptist are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Isaiah's word reached John the Baptist.
Isaiah wrote of a voice crying in the wilderness. Asked who he was, John the Baptist answered in Isaiah's words, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness".
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness
Isaiah 40:3, King James Version
I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness
John 1:23, King James Version
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias
Matthew 3:3, King James Version
Where they cross: John 1:19-23
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Isaiah 40:3
3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matthew 3:3
3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
John 1:19-23
19And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
King James Version