Mark 1:3

3 "A voice cries out in the desert: 'Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

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 This is the beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

2 The prophet Isaiah wrote, "I am sending my messenger ahead of you to prepare the way for you."

3 "A voice cries out in the desert: 'Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

4 John the Baptizer was in the desert telling people about a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

5 All Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went to him. As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.