Behold, I send] See on chap. 3. 1. Malachi 3:1. my messenger, &c.] He sheweth a reason why John was greater then the prophets, Because they onely foretold of Christs coming; but he was the harbinger designed by God, in the prophets, to proclaim Christ now come into the world, and to prepare the people to receive him, as the king of the Church, whom he also pointed out unto them with the finger, Luke. 15, 16, 17, 74, 75. John 1:29.