Mark 1:2
as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Cross References
Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Matthew 26:24The Son of man goes, as it is written of him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! It would have been good for that man, if he had not been born.
Luke 1:15For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 1:76And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways,
Luke 7:27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:2-9
Mark We have heard the evidence given in by the first witness to the doctrine and miracles of our Lord Jesus; and now here is another witness produced, who calls for our attention. The second living creature saith, Come, and see, Rev. vi. 3 . Now let us enquire a little, I. Concerning this witness. His name is Mark. Marcus was a Roman name, and a very common one, and yet we have no reason to think, but that he was by birth a Jew; but as Saul, when he went among the nations, took the Roman name of Paul, so he of… Read the whole commentary →