Mark 1:2
As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
3A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.
Cross References
Malachi 3:1Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts. My angel... Viz., John the Baptist, the messenger of God, and forerunner of Christ.
Matthew 3:1And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
Matthew 26:24The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born.
Luke 1:15For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt, go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:
Luke 7:27This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:2-9
Mark We have heard the evidence given in by the first witness to the doctrine and miracles of our Lord Jesus; and now here is another witness produced, who calls for our attention. The second living creature saith, Come, and see, Rev. vi. 3 . Now let us enquire a little, I. Concerning this witness. His name is Mark. Marcus was a Roman name, and a very common one, and yet we have no reason to think, but that he was by birth a Jew; but as Saul, when he went among the nations, took the Roman name of Paul, so he of… Read the whole commentary →