Matthew 3:1
In those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2saynge; Repet the kyngdome of heue is at honde.
Cross References
Matthew 3:8Brynge forth therfore the frutes belongynge to repentaunce.
Matthew 11:11Verely I saye vnto you amonge the chyldren of wemen arose there not a gretter then Ihon the baptist. Notwithstondinge he that ys lesse in the kyngdome of heven ys gretter then he.
Matthew 16:14They saide some saye that thou arte Ihon Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes.
Matthew 21:25The baptisme of Iohn: whence was it? from heven or of men? Then they reasoned amonge them selves sayinge: yf we shall saye from heven he will saye vnto vs: why dyd ye not then beleve hym?
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 →