Matthew 3:1
Now in those days, John the Baptist arrived, preaching in the desert of Judea,
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In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2and saying: “Repent. For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.”
Cross References
Joshua 14:10Therefore, the Lord has granted life to me, just as he promised, even to the present day. It has been forty-five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel was wandering through the wilderness. Today, I am eighty-five years old,
Judges 1:16Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot, which is toward the south of Arad. And they lived with him.
Matthew 3:8Therefore, produce fruit worthy of repentance.
Matthew 11:11Amen I say to you, among those born of women, there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 16:14And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, and others say Elijah, still others say Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 21:25The baptism of John, where was it from? Was it from heaven, or from men?” But they thought within themselves, saying:
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:1
At the start of this chapter, concerning the baptism of John, begins the gospel ( Mark i. 1 ); what went before is but preface or introduction; this is "the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ." And Peter observes the same date, Acts i. 22 , beginning from the baptism of John, for then Christ began first to appear in him, and then to appear to him, and by him to the world. Here is, I. The glorious rising of the morning-star—John the Baptist, ver. 1 . 1. The doctrine he preached, ver. 2 . 2. The fulfilling of… Read the whole commentary →