Mark 1:4
2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
3 “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5 People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
6 John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
- KJV
- John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
- WEB
- John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
- ASV
- John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
- DARBY
- There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching [the] baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
- BLB
- John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance unto forgiveness of sins.
- ÅB
- - slik sto døperen Johannes fram i ørkenen og forkynte omvendelses dåp til syndenes tilgivelse,
- OTB
- Døperen Johannes stod fram i ødemarken og forkynte en omvendelsesdåp til syndenes forlatelse.
- B1930
- - således stod døperen Johannes frem i ørkenen og forkynte omvendelses dåp til syndenes forlatelse,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 19:3–4
“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
Read in contextMatthew 3:6
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
Read in contextActs 13:24–25
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Read in contextJohn 3:23
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
Read in contextMatthew 3:1–2
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
Read in contextLuke 3:2–3
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
Read in contextLuke 1:77
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
Read in contextActs 22:16
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
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