Mark 1:2

As it is written in Esaias, the prophet, (or As it is written by the prophet Isaiah), Lo! I send mine angel before thy face, that shall make thy way ready before thee.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

In Context

1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (The beginning of the Gospel, or the Good News, of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.)

3The voice of a crier in (the) desert, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make ye his paths right. [The voice of one crying in (the) desert, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make ye his paths rightful.]

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Cross References

Malachi 3:1Lo! I shall send mine angel, and he shall make ready the way before my face; and anon the Lord, whom ye seek, shall come to his holy temple, and the angel of the testament, whom ye will. Lo! he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts; (Behold! I shall send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before my face; and at once the Lord, whom ye seek, shall come to his holy Temple, and also the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in. Behold! he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts;)

Matthew 3:1In those days John (the) Baptist came, and preached in the desert of Judea,

Matthew 26:24Forsooth man’s Son goeth, as it is written of him; but woe to that man, by whom man’s Son shall be betrayed; it were good to him (or it would be better for him), if that man had not been born.

Luke 1:15For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall not drink wine nor cider, and he shall be full-filled with the Holy Ghost, [or and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost], (or and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit), yet from his mother’s womb.

Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways (or to prepare his way).

Luke 7:27This is he, of whom it is written, Lo! I send mine angel before thy face, which shall make ready 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 →

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