prodromos Hebrews 6:20Song of Solomon 12:8Exodus 23:28Deuteronomy 7:20Joshua 24:12 prodromos Numbers 13:20Isaiah 28:41 Corinthians 15:23Hebrews 2:10Hebrews 5:8-10

In English, forerunner indicates one who precedes and indicates the approach of another. In this sense John the Baptist is termed the forerunner of Jesus, though the New Testament does not use this term of John. The Old Testament used the common image of advance agents sent ahead of a king to make arrangements for his travel to picture the mission of a prophetic messenger preparing the way for God's coming (Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1 ). The application of these texts to John by the New Testament writers (Matthew 11:10; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:76; Luke 7:27 ) affirm that the coming of Jesus is the coming of God.