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As Predicted By Isaiah, John The Baptist Came To Prepare The Way For The Messiah

Just as it has been written in Isaiah[a] the prophet— “Behold, I am sending-forth My messenger ahead of Your presence[b], who will make Your way ready: A voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; be making His paths straight’”— John came[c], the one baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:2 A quote from Mal 3:1 is joined to one from Isa 40:3. Mark only names the better known prophet.
  2. Mark 1:2 Or, face.
  3. Mark 1:4 The main sentence is ‘Just as it has been written... John came’.

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