Matthew 3:1
About that time John the Baptist first appeared, proclaiming in the Wilderness of Judea:
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Cross References
Matthew 3:8Let your life, then, prove your repentance;
Matthew 11:11I tell you, no one born of a woman has yet appeared who is greater than John the Baptist; and yet the lowliest in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 16:14“Some say John the Baptist,” they answered, “Others, however, say that he is Elijah, while others again say Jeremiah, or one of the Prophets.”
Matthew 21:25It is about John’s baptism. What was its origin? divine or human?” But they began arguing among themselves: “If we say ‘divine,’ he will say to us ‘Why then did not you believe him?’
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:1
At the start of this chapter, concerning the baptism of John, begins the gospel ( Mark i. 1 ); what went before is but preface or introduction; this is "the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ." And Peter observes the same date, Acts i. 22 , beginning from the baptism of John, for then Christ began first to appear in him, and then to appear to him, and by him to the world. Here is, I. The glorious rising of the morning-star—John the Baptist, ver. 1 . 1. The doctrine he preached, ver. 2 . 2. The fulfilling of… Read the whole commentary →