Matthew 3:1
Some time later John the Baptist appeared on the scene, proclaiming in the Judean desert,
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In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has arrived!”
Cross References
Joshua 14:10Look—the Lord has kept me alive these past forty-five years as he promised, from the time the Lord told Moses this while Israel was wandering in the wilderness. Now I'm eighty-five,
Judges 1:16The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went with the people of Judah from the city of palms to the wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad where they settled among the people.
Matthew 3:8Show by what you do that you have truly repented,
Matthew 11:11I tell you the truth, that among humanity there's no one greater than John the Baptist, but even the least important in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.
Matthew 16:14“Some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets,” they replied.
Matthew 21:25Where did the baptism of John come from? Was it from heaven, or was it from human beings?” They argued with each other. “If we say ‘It was from heaven,’ then he'll ask us why we didn't believe him.
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 →