Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his garment of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:
Cross References
Leviticus 11:22That you shall eat, as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophiomachus, and the locust, every one according to their kind.
1 Samuel 14:25And all the common people came into a forest, in which there was honey upon the ground.
Zechariah 13:4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be confounded, every one by his own vision, when he shall prophesy, neither shall they be clad with a garment of sackcloth, to deceive :
Matthew 11:8But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.
Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey.
Revelation 11:3And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →