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Mark 1:6

John

4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

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;

7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

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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.

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BSB
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
KJV
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;
WEB
John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
ASV
And John was clothed with camel`s hair, and [had] a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
DARBY
And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.
BLB
And John was clothed in camel’s hair, and a belt of leather [was] around his waist, and he is eating locusts and wild honey.
ÅB
Og Johannes hadde kledning av kamelhår, og lærbelte om sin lend, og hans mat var gresshopper og vill honning.
OTB
Johannes var kledd i kamelhår og hadde et lærbelte om livet, og han spiste gresshopper og vill honning.
B1930
Og Johannes hadde klædning av kamelhår, og lærbelte om sin lend, og hans mat var gresshopper og vill honning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 1:8

    And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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  • Leviticus 11:22

    Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

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  • Zechariah 13:4

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

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  • Matthew 3:4

    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.

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