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 Living Translation (NLT)His clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.

Context of Mark 1:6

4John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5Then 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. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. 8I indeed 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• clothed withἐνδύωenduō · to put onG1746
• camel’sκάμηλοςkamēlos · camelG2574
• hairθρίξthrix trichos · hairG2359
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• with a girdleζώνηzōnē · belt/sash/girdleG2223
• of a skinδερμάτινοςdermatinos · made of leatherG1193
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• loinsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• loinsὀσφῦςosphus · loinsG3751
• he did eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• locustsἀκρίςakris · locustG200
• wildἄγριοςagrios · wildG66
• honeyμέλιmeli · honeyG3192

Cross-references for Mark 1:6

• 2 Kings 1:8So they answered him, “A hairy man wearing a leather belt around his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”
• Zechariah 13:4“And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive.
• Matthew 3:4Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
• Leviticus 11:22These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

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