Matthew 3:1
And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.
Cross References
Joshua 14:10And now, behold, LORD has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, lo, I am this day eighty-five years old.
Judges 1:16And the sons of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the sons of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad, and they went and dwelt with the people.
Matthew 3:8Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance.
Matthew 11:11Truly I say to you, among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser. Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
Matthew 16:14And they said, Some, John the immerser, others, Elijah, but others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
Matthew 21:25The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:1
At the start of this chapter, concerning the baptism of John, begins the gospel ( Mark i. 1 ); what went before is but preface or introduction; this is "the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ." And Peter observes the same date, Acts i. 22 , beginning from the baptism of John, for then Christ began first to appear in him, and then to appear to him, and by him to the world. Here is, I. The glorious rising of the morning-star—John the Baptist, ver. 1 . 1. The doctrine he preached, ver. 2 . 2. The fulfilling of… Read the whole commentary →