Mark 1:4
John was baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
In Context
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait.”
Cross References
Matthew 3:1THEN in those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the desert country of Judea,
Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
Luke 3:2when Annas and Caiaphas were high-priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness;
Acts 10:37even that which was the common talk through all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
Acts 19:3And he asked them, Into what then were ye baptised? And they replied, Into John’s baptism.
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 →