Mark 1:2
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
1THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make smooth his paths.
Cross References
Matthew 3:1And in those days came John the Baptizer. And he proclaimed in the desert of Judaea,
Matthew 26:24And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had not been born.
Luke 1:15For he will be great before the Lord; and he will not drink wine nor strong drink, and will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.
Luke 1:76And thou, child, wilt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou wilt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his way,
Luke 7:27For this is he, of whom it is written: Behold I send my messenger before thy face, to prepare thy way before thee.
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 →