Mark 1:3

3 Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of [the] Lord, make his paths straight. ^[a]

Mark 1:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:3

The voice of one crying in the wilderness
This is the other testimony in proof of the same, and may be read in ( Isaiah 40:3 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 3:3).

Mark 1:3 In-Context

1 Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God;

2 as it is written in [Isaiah] the prophet, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

3 Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of [the] Lord, make his paths straight.

4 There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching [the] baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

5 And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Footnotes

• [a] Isa. 40.3.