Matthew 3:4

Matthew 3:4

2 and saying, “Repent, for ^athe kingdom of heaven is at hand!”

3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:
^a“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^b‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”

4 Now ^aJohn himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was ^blocusts and ^cwild honey.

5 ^aThen Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him

6 ^aand were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, ^a“Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from ^bthe wrath to come?

8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair—woven of it.

and a leathern girdle about his loins—the prophetic dress of Elijah (II Kings 1:8; and see Zechariah 13:4).

and his meat was locusts—the great, well-known Eastern locust, a food of the poor (Leviticus 11:22).

and wild honey—made by wild bees (I Samuel 14:25-26). This dress and diet, with the shrill cry in the wilderness, would recall the stern days of Elijah.

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