Mark 1:4

Mark 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
• New International Version (NIV)And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Context of Mark 1:4

2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. 3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John was baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5And there went out to him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a leather belt around his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey;

Mark 1:4 word by word

Ἐγένετο Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν.Read the interlinear

• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• baptizingβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• wildernessἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• preachingκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
• baptismβάπτισμαbaptisma · baptismG908
• repentanceμετάνοιαmetanoia · repentanceG3341
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• remissionἄφεσιςaphesis · forgivenessG859
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266

Cross-references for Mark 1:4

• Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
• Luke 3:2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
• John 3:23And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
• Acts 10:37That word, I say, ye know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
• Acts 13:24After John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
• Acts 19:3And he said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John’s baptism.
• Acts 22:16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Commentaries on Mark 1:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4John - The original name is nearly lost in the Greek , and in the Latin Johannes, and almost totally so in the English John. The original name is יהוחנן Yehochanan, compounded of חנן יהוה Yehovah chanan, the grace or mercy of Jehovah: a most proper and significant name for the forerunner of the God of All Grace. It was John's business to proclaim the Gospel of the grace of God, and to point out that Lamb or sacrifice of God which takes away the sin of the…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. 4John's mission as the Lord's messenger was to prepare people for the arrival of the Messiah (see Luke 1:76–77). He instructed them to confess their sins, seek God's forgiveness, and be baptized. Those who did this were ready to receive the message of Jesus (see Luke 7:29–30). John was in the wilderness, likely the desert area around the Jordan River north of the Dead Sea. This shows he was the "voice" Isaiah mentioned (Mark 1:3). preaching a baptism: The…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 1:4

• Baptism
• John
• Preaching
• Repentance
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Remission of Sins
• Latchet
• Baptism (lutheran Doctrine)
• Commentaries
• Forgiveness
• Jesus Christ
• John the Baptist
• Judaea
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Repentance

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