παιδίον. ‘little child’—“quantillus nunc es,” Bengel. From this diminutive is derived our word ‘page.’

πρὸ προσώπου. Redundant, like the Hebrew לִפְנֵי.

ἑτοιμάσαι ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ. An allusion to the prophecies of the Forerunner in Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1.

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Old Testament