Matthew 3:1
Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Darby Translation
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 the heavens has drawn nigh.
Cross References
Joshua 14:10And now behold, Jehovah has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five years, since Jehovah spoke this word to Moses, when Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
Judges 1:16And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had gone up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
Matthew 3:8Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.
Matthew 11:11Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among [the] born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
Matthew 16:14And they said, Some, John the baptist; and others, Elias; and others again, Jeremias or one of the prophets.
Matthew 21:25The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed him?
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 →