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John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 The abeginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, bthe Son of God.  
2 As it is written in1 the Prophets:
a“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.” 
3 “Thea voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”  
4 aJohn came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance1 for the remission of sins.  
5 aThen all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.  
6 Now John was aclothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.  
7 And he preached, saying, a“There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Mark 1:1

The beginning of the Gospel - It is with the utmost propriety that Mark begins the Gospel dispensation by the preaching of John the Baptist, he being the forerunner of Jesus Christ, and the first proclaimer of the incarnated Messiah. Gospel - for the meaning of the word see the preface to Matthew.

Son of God - To point out his Divine origin; and thus glancing at his miraculous conception. This was an essential character of the Messiah. See Matthew 16:16; Matthew 26:63; Luke 22:67, etc.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Mark 1:1:

Luke 3:3
John 9:35

 

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