Matthew 3:1
In those dayes, came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie, and saying.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2Repent, for the kingdome of heauen is at hande.
Cross References
Judges 1:16And the childre of the Kenite Moyses father in lawe, went vp out of the citie of paulme trees with the children of Iuda, into the wildernesse of Iuda, that lieth in the south of Arad, and they went and dwelt among the people.
Matthew 3:8Bryng foorth therefore fruites meete for repentaunce.
Matthew 11:11Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.
Matthew 16:14They sayde: some say [that thou art] Iohn Baptist, some Helias, some Ieremias, or one of the prophetes.
Matthew 21:25The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it, from heauen, or of men? And they reasoned with them selues saying: if we shall say from heauen, he wyll say vnto vs, why dyd ye not then beleue hym?
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 →