Matthew 3:4
And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:22these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;
1 Samuel 14:25And all [they of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;
Zechariah 13:4And it hath come to pass, in that day, Ashamed are the prophets, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they put not on a hairy robe to deceive.
Matthew 11:8'But what went ye out to see? — a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.
Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,
Revelation 11:3and I will give to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy days, a thousand, two hundred, sixty, arrayed with sackcloth;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →