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In recent years there have been many new developments in biblical scholarship, some challenging and some affirming scriptural accounts. This authoritative reference work brings together many of the finest scholars of our day to meet the needs of the church well into the twenty-first century. This readable and accessible volume offers sixty-six solid, concise, evangelical commentaries—one on each...

(see 7:16, 19; 12:34; 13:30; 23:33), while 8:10–12 reinforces John’s warning against relying on Jewish racial origin alone. John was thus not just a curtain-raiser for the coming of Jesus; he was already launching the mission which Jesus would develop. (cf. 11:7–19; 21:23–32 for further indications of this close connection.) John was, however, only the forerunner, as the quotation from Is. 40:3 (v 3) indicates and as his own words about the coming one who is more powerful confirm. The contrast between
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