Mark 1:4
John was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance in order to the remission of sins.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
In Context
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 3:11I immerse you in water, in order to repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
Luke 3:2Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.
Acts 10:37that word, you know, which was published through the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the immersion that John preached;
Acts 19:3And he said to them: Into what, then, were you immersed? They replied: Into John’s immersion.
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 →