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Two Messengers Foretold
Commentators unanimously agree this verse prophesies two distinct messengers. The first is a forerunner, identified by the New Testament as John the Baptist, who would prepare the people through a call to repentance. The second, called 'the messenger of the covenant,' is the Lord Himself—Jesus Christ.
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Malachi
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Albert Barnes
On Malachi 3:1
18th Century
Theologian
God answers their complaints about the absence of His judgments, stating that they would come, but would also include those who clamored for them. …
Charles Ellicott
On Malachi 3:1
19th Century
Bishop
I will send.—Or, I send. It is the participle used as the prophetic present. (Compare to Note on Malachi 1:11.)
Charles Spurgeon
On Malachi 3:1
19th Century
Preacher
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:
The name Malachi means "my messenger." The reference here …
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John Calvin
On Malachi 3:1
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet does not bring comfort to the wicked slanderers previously mentioned, but asserts the constancy of his faith in opposition to thei…
John Gill
On Malachi 3:1
17th Century
Pastor
Behold, I will send my messenger
These are the words of Christ, in answer to the question put in the last verse of t…
Matthew Henry
On Malachi 3:1–6
17th Century
Minister
The first words of this chapter seem to be an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is …