Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make smooth his paths.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
In Context
4John baptized in the wilderness, and proclaimed the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Cross References
Luke 3:4As it is written in the book of the discourses of Isaiah the prophet, who said: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; and make straight paths in the plain for our God.
John 1:19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites, to ask him, Who art thou?
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 →