Mark 1:6

Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist; and he was eating locusts and wild honey.

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In The King James Version

And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

In Context

5Well, the whole Judean countryside and the Jerusalemites started going out to him, and were all being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

7And he was proclaiming: “After me my Superior is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:4Now John actually used clothes made from camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist; while his food was locusts and wild honey.

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 →

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