Matthew 3:1
And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Cross References
Joshua 14:10The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as he promised until this present day. It is forty and five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this day I am eighty-five years old,
Judges 1:16And the children of the Cinite, the kinsman of Moses, went up from the city of palms, with the children of Juda into the wilderness of his lot, which is at the south side of Arad, and they dwelt with him.
Matthew 3:8Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.
Matthew 11:11Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 16:14But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Matthew 21:25The baptism of John, whence 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 →