Mark 1:3

3 A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.

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 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

2 As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.

3 A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.

4 John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins.

5 And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.