NT Text: John 1:23
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: Isa 40:3 — A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
Significance: Baptist identifies role as herald of new exodus, announcing God's return to Zion. Calls people to repentance to prepare for Messiah. Invokes larger exodus motif with themes of salvation and God's glory. Qumran community also applied this passage to themselves (1QS VIII, 14; 4Q259 III, 4-5).