[[Luke-07]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Luke-06]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Luke-08]] --- ### This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.' *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Jesus explicitly identifies John the Baptist as the messenger prophesied to prepare the way for the Messiah. *Historical context*: Theologians and historians identify this as a direct fulfillment of [[Mal-03#v1|Malachi 3:1]], written approximately 400 years prior to the events of the New Testament. This prophecy established the requirement of a forerunner (often associated with the spirit of Elijah) before the 'Lord whom you seek' would come to his temple. *Related to*: [[Mal-03#v1|Malachi 3:1]] ### Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Jesus presents his miraculous works and the preaching of the gospel to the poor as the definitive proof that he is the prophesied 'One who is coming'. *Historical context*: Jesus' response specifically mirrors the messianic signs described in the Book of Isaiah ([[Isa-35#v5|Isaiah 35:5]]-6 and [[Isa-61#v1|Isaiah 61:1]]). In Jewish tradition and the Dead Sea Scrolls (specifically 4Q521), these specific miraculous acts—healing the blind, deaf, and raising the dead—were established markers of the arrival of the Messianic Age and the presence of the Lord's anointed. *Related to*: [[Isa-35#v5|Isaiah 35:5]]-6, [[Isa-61#v1|Isaiah 61:1]] --- #ai_prophecy