Mark 1:2
As it has been written by the prophet Isaiah: “Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
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In Context
1The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
3The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.”
Cross References
Malachi 3:1Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 3:1Now in those days, John the Baptist arrived, preaching in the desert of Judea,
Matthew 26:24Indeed, the Son of man goes, just as it has been written about him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man will be betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will 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 will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways,
Luke 7:27This is he of whom it is written: “Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.”
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 →