Mark 1:5

And all Yehudah and all Yerushalayim were going out to him, and they were submitted to a tevilah using the Yarden River as a mikveh mayim, making vidduy + 1:5 to Hashem of their averos (sins).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

In Context

4Yochanan came with a mikveh mayim in the midbar, preaching a tevilah of teshuva for the selichat avon.

6And Yochanan had camel hair clothing and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was arbe and devash. + 1:6 2Kgs 1:8; Lv 11:22

Read all of Mark 1

Cross References

Leviticus 26:40V'hitvadu (if they shall confess) their avon, and the avon of their avot, with their treachery in which they were treacherous against Me, and that also they have walked b'keri (contrary, hostile) unto Me;

Psalms 32:5I acknowledge my chattat unto Thee, 1 and mine avon (iniquity) have I not covered up. 1 I said, I will confess my peysha'im (rebellions) unto Hashem; 1 and Thou forgavest the avon (iniquity) of my chattat. 1 Selah 1

Matthew 3:5Then all Yerushalayim and all Yehudah and the whole region of the Yarden were going out to him.

John 1:28These events took place in Beit-Anyah (Bethany), beyond the Yarden River, which Yochanan was using as a mikveh mayim in which to administer the tevilah.

Acts 2:38And Kefa said to them, Make teshuva (repentance, turning from chet to Hashem) and each of you submit to a tevilah of teshuva in the Shem of Yehoshua HaMoshiach, for the selichat avon of you, and you will receive the matanah of the Ruach Hakodesh.

1 John 1:8If we make the claim that we do not have avon (sin), we cause ourselves to fall under mirmah + 1:8 Isa 53:9 (deceit, fraud) and HaEmes is not in us. + 1:8 Prov 20:9; Jer 2:35

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Mark 1:5