Matthew 3:1
About this time John the Baptist made his appearance, preaching in the Desert of Judaea.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In Context
2"Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand."
Cross References
Matthew 3:8Therefore let your lives prove your change of heart;
Matthew 11:11"I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he.
Matthew 16:14"Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets."
Matthew 21:25John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say `a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, `Why then did you not 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 →