Matthew 3:4
Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region of the Jordan went out to him,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:22even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
1 Samuel 14:25And all the people came into the forest, and there was honey upon the ground.
Zechariah 13:4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed each one of his vision, when he prophesies, nor shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive.
Matthew 11:8But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in delicate clothes? Behold, those wearing delicate things are in king's houses.
Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and eating locusts and wild honey.
Revelation 11:3And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →