Matthew 3:4

John had clothes made of camel hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

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In The King James Version

And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

In Context

3He was the one Isaiah spoke about when he said, “A voice is heard crying out in the desert, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord. Make the paths straight for him.’”

5People came to him from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and the entire Jordan region,

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:22So in this category you can eat any kind of locust, bald locust, cricket, or grasshopper.

1 Samuel 14:25When they all entered the forest they found honeycomb on the ground.

Zechariah 13:4On that day such prophets will be too humiliated to prophesy their supposed visions. In order to deceive they will not put on their prophet's clothes made of coarse hair.

Matthew 11:8So what did you go to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? People dressed like that live in kings' palaces.

Mark 1:6John wore clothes made of camel hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

Revelation 11:3I will give my two witnesses power, and they will prophesy 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”

Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7

The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →

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