Mark 1:7-17

7 And he was ^[a]preaching, and saying, "After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.

8 "I baptized you ^[b]with water; but He will baptize you ^[c]with the Holy Spirit."

The Baptism of Jesus

9 ¹In those days Jesus ²came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

10 Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens ^[d]opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

11 and a voice came out of the heavens: "³You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased."

12 ⁴Immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness.

13 And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by ⁵Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.

Jesus Preaches in Galilee

14 ⁶Now after John had been ^[e]taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, ^[f]7preaching the gospel of God,

15 and saying, "⁸The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God ^[g]is at hand; ⁹repent and ^[h]believe in the gospel."

16 ¹⁰As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

17 And Jesus said to them, "Follow * Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."

Mark 1:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MARK

This is the title of the book, the subject of which is the Gospel; a joyful account of the ministry, miracles, actions, and sufferings of Christ: the writer of it was not one of the twelve apostles, but an evangelist; the same with John Mark, or John, whose surname was Mark: John was his Hebrew name, and Mark his Gentile name, Ac 12:12,25, and was Barnabas's sister's son, Col 4:10, his mother's name was Mary, Ac 12:12. The Apostle Peter calls him his son, 1Pe 5:13, if he is the same; and he is thought to have wrote his Gospel from him {a}, and by his order, and which was afterwards examined and approved by him {b} it is said to have been wrote originally in Latin, or in the Roman tongue: so say the Arabic and Persic versions at the beginning of it, and the Syriac version says the same at the end: but of this there is no evidence, any more, nor so much, as of Matthew's writing his Gospel in Hebrew. The old Latin copy of this, is a version from the Greek; it is most likely that it was originally written in Greek, as the rest of the New Testament.

{a} Papias apud Euseb. Hist. l. 3. c. 39. Tertull. adv. Marcion. l. 4. c. 5. {b} Hieron. Catalog. Script. Eccles. p. 91. sect. 18.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 1:9-11: {Matthew 3:13-17; Luke 3:21, 22}
• 2. Matthew 2:23; Luke 2:51
• 3. Psalms 2:7; Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 12:18; Mark 9:7; Luke 3:22
• 4. Mark 1:12, 13: {Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13}
• 5. Matthew 4:10
• 6. Matthew 4:12
• 7. Matthew 4:23
• 8. Galatians 4:4; Ephesians 1:10; 1 Timothy 2:6; Titus 1:3
• 9. Matthew 3:2; Acts 20:21
• 10. Mark 1:16-20: {Matthew 4:18-22;} Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "proclaiming"
• [b]. The Gr here can be translated "in, with" or "by"
• [c]. The Gr here can be translated "in, with" or "by"
• [d]. Or "being parted"
• [e]. Lit "delivered up"
• [f]. Or "proclaiming"
• [g]. Lit "has come near"
• [h]. Or "put your trust in"