Mark 1:5

And all the region of Jehud and all the sons of Urishlem went out to him; and he baptized them in Jurdan the river, while they were confessing their sins.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

4Juchanon was in the desert, baptizing, and proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

6But Juchanon himself was clothed with a garment of the hair of camels, and engirded with a belt of leather upon his loins; and his food was locusts and wilderness honey.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:5Then went forth to him Urishlem, and all Jehud, and the whole country about Jurdan;

John 1:28These things were done in Bethania, at the passage of the Jurdan, where Juchanon was baptizing.

Acts 2:38Shemun saith to them, Repent, and be baptized, every man of you, in the name of the Lord Jeshu, for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 1:8And if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us;

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 →

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