Matthew 11:10 (LSB)

Passage

This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way before You.’

Nearby Context

Matthew 11:8 But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces!

Matthew 11:9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet.

Matthew 11:10 This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way before You.’

Matthew 11:11 Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "written", "behold", "send", "messenger", "ahead", "prepare", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "written" and "behold", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "But what did you go out to..." into verse 11's "Truly I say to you among those...", so "written" and "behold" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "written" and "behold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.