Mark 1:3

3 "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: `Prepare ye the way of 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 The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

2 As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee."

3 "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: `Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'"

4 John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judea and those of Jerusalem; and they were all baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.