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Mark 1:2-5 KJV
Mark · chapter 1 · verses 2–5
2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5And 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.Mark 1:2-5 · King James Version
Mark 1:2-5 in context
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5And 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.
6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
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Key words (Strong's)
- wildernesserēmossolitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited, used of places, a desert, wilderness, deserted…G2048 →
- repentancemetanoiaa change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of…G3341 →
- confessingexomologeōto confess, to profess, acknowledge openly and joyfully, to one s honour to celebrate…G1843 →
- messengerangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- remissionaphesisrelease from bondage or imprisonment, forgiveness or pardon, of sins , remission of the…G859 →
- Jerusalemhierosolymitēsa citizen or inhabitant of JerusalemG2415 →
- prophetsprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
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We may observe here, I. What the New Testament is - the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God, Mar 1:1. 1. It is gospel; it is God's word, and is faithful and true; see Rev 19:9;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8