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He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.
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A Prophetic Call to Repentance
Commentators explain that John's primary mission was to 'turn' the people of Israel back to God. This was a call to repentance from sin, echoing the work of Old Testament prophets like Elijah. His ministry fulfilled the final prophecies of the Old Testament (Malachi 4:6), preparing people's hearts for the arrival of the Messiah.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Children of Israel. Jews. Descendants of Israel or Jacob.
Shall he turn. By repentance. He shall call them from their sins…
19th Century
Anglican
Shall he turn to the Lord their God.—The opening words of the message of the New Covenant spring out of the closing words…
Baptist
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call hi…
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The OT prophets were repeatedly concerned with turning the erring people back to God. In this work none was more prominent than Elijah on Mount Car…
16th Century
Protestant
And many of the children of Israel shall he bring back. These words show the shamefully dissolute conduct that then prevailed in the Churc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And many of the children of Israel To whom only, or at least chiefly, he was sent, and came preaching, and administe…
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The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners, as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were distingui…
