Mark 1:2
As it is written in the prophets —“Take note, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”
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In Context
1A beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God!
3“A voice calling out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight!’” —
Cross References
Matthew 3:1Now in those days John the Baptizer began preaching in the wilderness of Judea
Matthew 26:24The Son of the Man is really going just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of the Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man not to have been born.”
Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; he must not drink either wine or strong drink; indeed, he will be filled with Holy Spirit already from his mother's womb.
Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called Prophet of the Most High, because you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
Luke 7:27This is he about whom it is written: ‘Take note, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
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 →