Malachi 3:1 (WEB)
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says the LORD of Armies.
Fathers and councils · 18
Gregory of Nyssa
“For the word says concerning them, “This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold I send my angel before thy face.’”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xi. 10, quoting Mal. iii. 1. The word translated “messenger” in A.V. is ἄγγελος, which the argument here seems to require should be rendered by…
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…also announced the glad tidings of his birth: [that God] who also had promised by the prophets that He would send His messenger before the face of His Son, who should prepare His way, that is, that he should bear witness of that Light in the spirit and power of Elias.” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1.
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Tertullian
“…of Christ, John, a future “angel,” through the prophet: “Behold, I send mine angel before Thy”—that is, Christ’s—“face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.”” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1: comp. Matt. xi. 10; Mark i. 2; Luke vii. 27.
Read the whole comment“Far greater still is his perverseness when, not being the Christ of John, he yet bestows on John his testimony, affirming him to be a prophet, nay more, his messenger, applying to him the Scripture, “Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.”” — editor's note: Luke vii. 26, 27, and Mal. iii. 1–3.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“The Father disregarded not the perishing of our race; He sent forth His Son, the Lord from heaven, as healer: and one of the Prophets saith, The Lord whom ye seek, cometh, and shall suddenly come.” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“And concerning these two comings, Malachi the Prophet says, And the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His temple; behold one coming.” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1–3.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Mal. 3:1.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself is called in Prophecy, the Angel of the great Counsel, the Messenger of the great Counsel; so the Prophets called Him.” — editor's note: Isa. ix. 6, LXX.; Mal. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“Of John Baptist it is said, “Behold, I send My Angel before Thy face, that shall prepare Thy way before Thee.”” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1; Matt. xi. 10.
Read the whole comment“Behold, He cometh, saith the Lord Almighty, and who shall abide the day of His entry, or who shall stand at His appearing?”” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“…saying, “Behold, He cometh, saith the Lord Almighty; and who shall abide the day of His entrance? . . . for I am the Lord your God, and I change not.”” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1–6. Whole passage quoted.
Read the whole comment“And is it not of John that it is said, “Behold, I send my messenger before Thee, and he shall prepare Thy way”?” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1.
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore he is called “messenger” ( Mal. iii. 1 ), for the excellence of a messenger is, that he say nothing of his own.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And while one calls on Jerusalem, saying, “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, for lo! thy King cometh to thee meek, riding upon an ass, and a young colt;”another proclaims His second coming also, saying on this wise, “The Lord, whom ye seek, will come, and who will abide the day of His coming?” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“Yea I say unto you, and more than a prophet;” He goes on, “For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before Thy face, which shall prepare Thy way before Thee.”” — editor's note: See Mal. iii. 1.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“To add to this great worthiness of John, He brings a passage from Malachias, in which he is spoken of as an Angel. [ref Mal 3:1] We must suppose that John is here called an Angel, not as partaking the Angelic nature, but from the dignity of his office as a forerunner of the Lord.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
“And therefore the Prophet calls him a messenger, I send My messenger, (Mal. 3:1) for it is the excellence of a messenger, to say nothing of his own.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“For the first part: “Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee,” occurs at the close of Malachi.” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 1.
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 11:7–10 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 11:7–10 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 11:7–10 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 11:7–10 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 7:24–28 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 7:24–28 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 7:24–28 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 7:24–28 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 7:24–28 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 1:6–8 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 1:6–8 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 1:6–8 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 1:6–8 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 5.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.