Matthew 3:1
In tho daies Joon Baptist cam, and prechide in the desert of Judee,
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2and seide, Do ye penaunce, for the kyngdom of heuenes shal neiye.
Cross References
Matthew 3:8Therfor do ye worthi fruyte of penaunce,
Matthew 11:11Treuli Y seie to you, ther roos noon more than Joon Baptist among the children of wymmen; but he that is lesse in the kyngdom of heuenes, is more than he.
Matthew 16:14And thei seiden, Summe Joon Baptist; othere Elie; and othere Jeremye, or oon of the prophetis.
Matthew 21:25Of whennys was the baptym of Joon; of heuene, or of men? And thei thouyten with ynne hem silf,
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 →