Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 1:23

"He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet." — John 1:23 (ASV)

Of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.

You see, even as a voice, John was not original. That straining after originality, of which we see so much today, finds no warrant among the true servants of God. Even though John is only a voice, yet he is a voice that quotes the Scriptures: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah. The more of Scripture we can voice, the better. Our words, what are they? They are but air.

His Word, what is it? It is grace and truth. May we continually be lending a voice to the great Words of God that have gone before!