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

4This messenger was John the Baptist. He was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven. 5All of Judea, including all the people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River. 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. 7John announced: “Someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not even worthy to stoop down like a slave and untie the straps of his sandals. 8I baptize 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 1:8They replied, “He was a hairy man, and he wore a leather belt around his waist.” “Elijah from Tishbe!” the king exclaimed.
• Zechariah 13:4“On that day people will be ashamed to claim the prophetic gift. No one will pretend to be a prophet by wearing prophet’s clothes.
• Matthew 3:4John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
• Leviticus 11:22The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.

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