Mark 1:3

3 "This is a voice of one who calls out in the desert: 'Prepare the way for the Lord. Make the road straight for him.'"

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 as the prophet Isaiah wrote: "I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way."

3 "This is a voice of one who calls out in the desert: 'Prepare the way for the Lord. Make the road straight for him.'"

4 John was baptizing people in the desert and preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins.

5 All the people from Judea and Jerusalem were going out to him. They confessed their sins and were baptized by him in the Jordan River.