Isaiah 40:3

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  “He proclaims the imminence of the consolation of Israel; he is the "voice" of the Consoler who is coming.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:23; cf. Isa 40:1-3.

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 1

  “The first has the face of a man, on account of the genealogical table; the second, the face of a calf, on account of the priesthood; the third, the face of a lion, on account of the voice of one crying in the desert,“Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.”” — editor's note: Is. xl. 3.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 57

  “But the second part: “The voice of one crying, etc.,” we read in Isaiah.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 9

  ““He was,” He says, “the burning and shining lamp;” as being he who not merely “prepared His ways in the desert,” but withal, by pointing out “the Lamb of God,” illumined the minds of men by his heralding, so that they understood Him to be that Lamb whom Moses was wont to announce as destined to suffer.” — editor's note: Comp. reference 8, p. 232; and Isa. xl. 3, John i. 23.

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• Tertullian, On Baptism Chapter 5

  “Thus, too, does the angel, the witness of baptism, “make the paths straight” for the Holy Spirit, who is about to come upon us, by the washing away of sins, which faith, sealed in (the name of) the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, obtains.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3; Matt. iii. 3.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33Book IV

  “…Christ, the Word and Spirit of the Creator, who prophetically described John as “the voice of one crying in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord,” and as about to come for the purpose of terminating thenceforth the course of the law and the prophets; by their fulfilment and not their extinction, and in…” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 4

  “For the voice is heard of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” — editor's note: Is. xl. 3.

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• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 19

  “And there is now the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; and the Prophet cries, Ho, ye that thirst, come ye to the water; and immediately afterwards, Hearken unto me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall delight itself in good things.” — editor's note: Is. xl. 3.

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Justin Martyr

• Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 50

  “But Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering; and all the nations are considered nothing, and for nothing.’ ”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 1–17.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 1

  ““Make straight the paths of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith V.8Book V

  “But He seems to descend when the Word of God enters our hearts, as the prophet has said: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3.

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Catena Aurea on Luke

• Gregory of NazianzusCatena Aurea on Luke

  “(Is.” — the author cites it

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• Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke

  “(Isa. 40:3.)” — the author cites it

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 15

  “…and told of the superiority of the Baptism given by Christ; he also cited Esaias the prophet, testifying of old very long ago, and calling Christ “Lord” ( Isa. xl. 3 ), but giving him the names of “minister and servant.”” — the author cites it

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 10

  “Thus the prophet saith that he shall come saying, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”” — editor's note: Is. xl. 3.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 3

  “May the Word in you never be smothered with cares of this life and so ye become unfruitful: but may ye walk in the King’s Highway, turning aside neither to the right hand nor to the left, but led by the Spirit through the strait gate.” — editor's note: Num. xxi. 22; Isa. xl. 3.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.7Book II

  “Every channel shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and all crooked places shall be made straight, and rough places plain; and the glory of the Lord shall be seen, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God, because the Lord hath spoken it.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3–5.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 4

  “He saith, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 5

  “…and to point Him out with the finger, and to fulfill the saying of that prophecy: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way for the Lord.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 7

  ““All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of the Lord abideth forever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 1–8.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 13

  “The same is he who was prophesied of by Isaiah, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye a way for the Lord, make His paths straight.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 3.

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Cited together with

• Jeremiah 20:12

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.

• Micah 5:2

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• Matthew 3:3

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.

• Matthew 18:16

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.

• Matthew 22:10

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• Luke 3:3

  Cited together in Gregory of Nazianzus on Luke 3:3–6 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 3:4

  Cited together in Gregory of Nazianzus on Luke 3:3–6 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 3:5

  Cited together in Gregory of Nazianzus on Luke 3:3–6 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 14:16

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• Luke 16:13

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.

• Luke 16:17

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.

• Acts 12:15

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.

• 1 Corinthians 3:12

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• 1 Corinthians 4:15

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• 2 Corinthians 13:1

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.

• Philippians 2:15

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• 2 Peter 1:4

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• Genesis 1:27

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• Numbers 21:22

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• 1 Samuel 23:23

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• Psalm 16:6

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• Ecclesiastes 5:6

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.

• Isaiah 1:14

  Cited together in Orations Oration 3.

• Isaiah 2:12

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.

• Matthew 3:3

  Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

• Mark 1:3

  Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

• Luke 3:6

  Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

• John 1:23

  Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

Quoted in

• Matthew 3:3

  Matthew 3:3 takes up the words of Isaiah 40:3 (12 words in common).

• Mark 1:3

  Mark 1:3 takes up the words of Isaiah 40:3 (12 words in common).

• Luke 3:4

  Luke 3:4 takes up the words of Isaiah 40:3 (12 words in common).

• John 1:23

  John 1:23 takes up the words of Isaiah 40:3 (12 words in common).