Matthew 3:4
2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
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 wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- ASV
- Now John himself had his raiment of camel`s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
- DARBY
- And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.
- BLB
- And John himself had his clothing of camel’s hair and a belt of leather around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
- ÅB
- Men Johannes hadde klær av kamelhår og et lærbelte om livet, og maten hans var gresshopper og vill honning.
- OTB
- Johannes bar klær av kamelhår og hadde et lærbelte om livet. Hans mat var gresshopper og vill honning.
- B1930
- Men Johannes hadde klædebon 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
“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
Read in contextMark 1:6
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Read in contextMatthew 11:8
Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
Read in contextZechariah 13:4
And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:22
Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
Read in contextLuke 1:17
And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Read in contextMalachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:13
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
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