Mark 1:6

Mark 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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;
• New International Version (NIV)John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Context of Mark 1:6

4John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey. 7And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals. 8I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Mark 1:6 word by word

καὶ ἦν ὁ Ἰωάννης ἐνδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐσθίων ἀκρίδας καὶ μέλι ἄγριον.Read the interlinear

• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• with camel’sκάμηλοςkamēlos · camelG2574
• hairθρίξthrix trichos · hairG2359
• a leatherδερμάτινοςdermatinos · made of leatherG1193
• beltζώνηzōnē · belt/sash/girdleG2223
• aroundπερίperi · aboutG4012
• his waistὀσφῦςosphus · loinsG3751
• his dietἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• was locustsἀκρίςakris · locustG200
• and wildἄγριοςagrios · wildG66
• honeyμέλιmeli · honeyG3192

Cross-references for Mark 1:6

• 2 Kings 1:8They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”
• Zechariah 13:4Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;
• Matthew 3:4Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
• Leviticus 11:22These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.

Commentaries on Mark 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6John was clothed, etc. - See the note on Matthew 3:4.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-8Verses 4-8 See the notes at Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:5-6, Matthew 3:11.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6camel’s hair, with a leather belt: Compare with Elijah (2 Kings 1:8). John ate what was available in the wilderness. Locusts (a type of insect) were allowed as food by God’s law (compare Leviticus 11:20–24).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 1:6

• Camel
• John
• Leather
• Locust

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Commentaries on Mark 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings