Matthew 3:1
And in those days John the Immerser comes, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2and saying, “Convert, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near,”
Cross References
Joshua 14:10And now, behold, YHWH has kept me alive, as He has spoken, these forty-five years, since YHWH spoke this word to Moses when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, behold, I [am] a son of eighty-five years today;
Judges 1:16And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, have gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah [to] the wilderness of Judah, which [is] in the south of Arad, and they go and dwell with the people.
Matthew 3:8Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of conversion,
Matthew 11:11Truly I say to you, there has not risen, among those born of women, [one] greater than John the Immerser, but he who is least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
Matthew 16:14And they said, “Some, John the Immerser, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 21:25the immersion of John, from where was it? From Heaven, or from men?” And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, “If we should say, From Heaven, He will say to us, Why, then, did you not 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 →