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Mark 1:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Mark 1:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 [a]Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will make ready Your way—(A)
3 A voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord, make His [b]beaten tracks straight (level and passable)!(B)
4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness (desert), preaching a baptism [[c]obligating] repentance ([d]a change of one’s mind for the better, heartily amending one’s ways, with abhorrence of his past sins) in order [e]to obtain forgiveness of and release from sins.
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- Mark 1:2 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies in the Greek New Testament.
- Mark 1:3 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament.
- Mark 1:4 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
- Mark 1:4 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
- Mark 1:4 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People.
Mark 1:2-4
New International Version
Mark 1:2-4
New International Version
2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way”[a](A)—
3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”[b](B)
4 And so John the Baptist(C) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(D) for the forgiveness of sins.(E)
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