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Mark 1:6 KJV
Mark · chapter 1 · verse 6
And 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;Mark 1:6 · King James Version
Mark 1:6 in context
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.
8I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
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Key words (Strong's)
- clothedendyōto sink into , put on, clothe one's selfG1746 →
- camel'skamēloscamelG2574 →
- locustsakrisa locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries…G200 →
- girdlezōnēa girdle, belt, serving not only to gird on flowing garments but also, since it was…G2223 →
- aboutperiabout, concerning, on account of, because of, around, nearG4012 →
- loinsosphysthe hip , to gird, gird about, the loins, a loin, the loins, the place where the Hebrews…G3751 →
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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