Mark 1:5

And all the country of Judea and the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him, and were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

In Context

4John was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance in order to the remission of sins.

6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a girdle of leather around his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey:

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Cross References

Matthew 3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

John 1:28These things were done in Bethany, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.

Acts 2:38And Peter said to them: Repent, and be immersed, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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 →

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