Mark 1:5

and there were going out unto him all the Judaea country and all they of Jerusalem, and were being immersed by him in the Jordan river, openly confessing their sins;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4John the Immerser came, in the wilderness, proclaiming an immersion of repentance for remission of sins;

6and John was clothed with camel’s-hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and was eating locusts and wild honey;

Read all of Mark 1

Cross References

Leviticus 26:40Then shall they confess their iniquity, And the iniquity of their fathers, In their unfaithfulness wherewith they had been unfaithful towards me; Yea moreover, because they had gone in opposition to me,

Psalms 32:5My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. [Selah.]

Matthew 3:5Then, were going forth unto him—Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round about the Jordan:

John 1:28These things, in Bethany, came to pass, beyond the Jordan, where John was, immersing.

Acts 2:38And Peter [said] unto them—Repent ye, and let each one of you be immersed, in the name of Jesus Christ, into the remission of your sins,—and ye shall receive the free-gift of the Holy Spirit;

1 John 1:8If we say—Sin, have we none! we are deceiving, 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Mark 1:5