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Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.
Verse Mark 1:3. _THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING_] See Clarke on Matthew 3:1....
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE PROPHETS - Mark mentions “prophets” here without specifying which. The places are found in Malachi 3:1, and in Isaiah 41:3. See the notes at Matthew 3:3....
PART I. THE SERVANT; WHO HE IS AND HOW HE CAME Chapter 1:1-13 __ 1. The Servant, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1 .) 2. His coming promised and announced. (Mark 1:2. Matthew 3:1;...
A brief introductory section showing how the work of John the Baptist, and the baptism and temptation of Jesus, led up to the ministry in Galilee. MARK 1:1 is perhaps best taken as the title to the w...
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY (Mark 1:1-4)...
This is the beginning of the story of how Jesus Christ, the Son of God, brought the good news to men. There is a passage in Isaiah the prophet like this--"Lo! I send my messenger before you and he wil...
THE LORD. App-98. A. a....
Mark 1:1-8. The Preaching and Baptism of John The object of St Mark is to relate _the official life and ministry_of our Lord. He therefore begins with His baptism, and first relates, as introductory...
3. Here the only variation from LXX. is αὐτοῦ instead of τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν, a change which allows Κυρίου to be understood of the Messiah. We may take ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ with ἑτοιμάσατε, but the usual connexion w...
1–8. PREPARATORY MINISTRY OF THE BAPTIZER Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-6. Cf. John 1:6-31...
VER 2. AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE PROPHETS, "BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER BEFORE THY FACE, WHICH SHALL PREPARE THY WAY BEFORE THEE." [MALACHI 3:1] 3. "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE...
THE BEGINNING FACTS OF THE GOSPEL MARK ONE Mark moves quickly to set before his readers many of the beginning facts of the good news of Jesus Christ, God's Son. (Mark 1:1) The good news or gospel of J...
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I. THE PREPARATION PERIOD 1:1-13 A. THE MISSION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 1:1-11. _TEXT 1:1-11_ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet. Beh...
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT...
2-3 Compare Mal_3:1; Isa_40:3; Mat_3:3; Luk_3:4-6; Joh_1:15-23. 4-8 Compare Mat_3:1-12; Luk_3:1-18. 4 John the baptist was the son of a priest, so that he was entitled to exercise the priestly office...
1:3 straight. (e-17) Isaiah 40:3 ....
BAPTISM OF JESUS. BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY 1-8. Appearance of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Luke 3:1). See on Mt and Lk. St. Mark's Gospel, being based on the reminiscences of Peter, begins with the...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. ABOUT MARK’S BOOK The Bible has 4 books about Jesus’ life. They are called the Books of Mat...
THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS. — See Note on Matthew 3:3....
CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1:1-6 (Mark 1:1) THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL. "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send My messenger...
Quotation from Isaiah 40:3 as in Matthew 3:3....
καθὼς introduces a prophetic citation as protasis to the historical statement about John in Mark 1:4 = in accordance with, etc., John appeared. The prophetic reference and the historical statement are...
_The appearance and ministry of the Baptist_ (Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-18)....
THE BEGINNING OF JESUS' MINISTRY Mark 1:1-20 _The ministry of John the Baptist,_ Mark 1:1-8. Always the message of John precedes that of Jesus Christ; first the changed attitude of the will, then fai...
The introductory words of this Gospel according to Mark are characterized by brevity. Mark at once announces his theme, "The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God," and then in rapid...
See Matthew iii. 3....
CHAPTER 4 MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST BY MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE Luke 3:1-2. “In the fifteenth year of the dominion of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of...
HEALING OF PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW Matthew 8:14-17; Mark 1:2-34; & Luke 14:3-35 Mark: “And immediately coming out of the synagogue? came into the house of Simon and Andrew and James and John. The mother...
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, which shall prepare thy way before thee. (3) The voice o...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS_ ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness.’ Mark 1:3 In dealing with the character and work of John the Baptist as the forerunner of our Lord’s first coming, it may b...
The message is new at least in the absolute and complete character it assumes, and in its direct and immediate application. It was not the Jewish privileges which should be obtained by repenting and r...
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. Matthew 3:3....
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Ver. 3. _The voice of one crying_] Here Mark begins the Gospel, at the preaching of the Baptist, wh...
_The beginning of the gospel_ That is, of the gospel history; _of Jesus Christ, the Son of God_ Who was, or is, in the bosom of the Father, John 1:18, and came down from heaven, John 3:13, to reveal h...
John the Baptist. Matthew 3:1-12. For the reception of spiritual blessings, preparation is needful; and those things which tend to hinder men from feeling this, and making preparation, should be caref...
This beginning is not that ofJohn 1:1, which speaks of the Lord's eternal existence "with God," and as being God; nor is it that of creation (Genesis 1:1), but of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son o...
TITLE: John Preached Jesus TEXT: Mark 1:1-8 PROPOSITION: John the Baptizer preached Jesus. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Messages SCRIPTURE READING: Same JOHN THE BAPTIZER - 1-6 1. The gospel (good news)...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 1:2...
Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Fourth Homily I cannot keep silence while Thou art present, for I am a voice; yea, I am the voice, as it is said, of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of th...
Mark 1:3 voice G5456 crying G994 (G5723) in G1722 wilderness G2048 Prepare G2090 (G5657) way G3598 LORD...
THE PREPARATION (1:1-8)....
THE BEGINNING (1:1-13). Mark commences his Gospel by referring to the new ‘Beginning', and to the herald who introduced Jesus in accordance with Scripture. This herald was a successful preacher and p...
SECTION 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS MINISTRY (1:1-3:35). This section commences with Jesus' emergence from the wilderness as the Spirit anointed King and Servant (Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 61:1...
SECTION 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS MINISTRY (1:1-3:35). This section commences with Jesus' emergence from the wilderness as the Spirit anointed King and Servant (Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 61:1...
‘Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make you ready the way of the Lord, m...
Mark 1:2-3. IN ISAIAH THE PROPHET. The common reading (‘prophets') arose from the fact that only the second prophecy (Mark 1:3) is from Isaiah; the first is from Malachi (Mark 3:1). Isaiah is named, b...
The Evangelist, intending to narrate our Lord's ministry without dwelling upon the earlier part of His life, prefaces the whole with a _title_ (Mark 1:1), which is followed by a reference to the preac...
THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING (φονη βοωντος). God is coming to his people to deliver them from their captivity in Babylon. So the prophet cries like a voice in the wilderness to make ready for the coming...
LORD Jehovah. (Isaiah 40:3)....
Mark 1 The Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother. Pain, sickness, delirium, madness, as great infringements of the laws of nature as the miracles themselves, are such veritable presences to the human experie...
CONTENTS: Ministry of John the Baptist. Baptism and temptation of Jesus and His first Galilean ministry. Demons cast out, sickness healed, leprosy cured. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the...
Mark 1:1. _The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God._ This commencement is laconic, beautiful, and perspicuous. Several Greek authors begin their books in this independent way. It a...
IT BEGAN AS THE PROPHET ISAIAH HAD WRITTEN. Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1. See notes on Matthew 3:3; Matthew 11:10....
_The voice of one crying in the wilderness._ I. Ministers ought to show zeal and earnestness in their office (Isaiah 58:1; Hosea 8:1; 2 Timothy 4:2). A minister of the Word must not do the work of the...
THE KING'S HIGHWAY Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. Mark 1:3. In Eastern countries the roads are exceedingly bad. They are not made and kept as they are here. They are ful...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 1:2 Mark identifies John the Baptist as the predicted one who prepares THE WAY OF THE LORD (see Isaiah 40:3;...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 1:1 Introduction. Mark begins his account with the public ministry of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus. ⇐...
JOHN THE BAPTIST PREPARES THE WAY FOR JESUS MATTHEW 3:1-12; MARK 1:2-8; LUKE 3:2-18; MATTHEW 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist,...
COMMENTARY upon THE GOSPEL OF S. MARK. _______. _______ INTRODUCTION. " MARK," says S. Jerome in his _Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Writers_, "was a disciple and interpreter of S. Peter. At the req...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 1:1. BEGINNING.—For best commentary on this see Luke 16:16. Law and prophets ended with John, who heralded new _régime_. GOSPEL.—Good tidings, from God to man, of...
EXPOSITION MARK 1:1 THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. These words mean, not the title of the book, but the commencement of the narrative; and so they depend upon what follows, namely, "as...
Let's turn to Mark's gospel. Mark was a young man when Jesus was crucified, perhaps about twelve years old. So, the gospel that he writes is considered to be the understanding that he received from li...
Isaiah 40:3; John 1:15; John 1:19; John 3:28; Luke 3:4;...
The voice of one crying [φ ο ν ε β ο ω ν τ ο σ]. God is coming to his people to deliver them from their captivity in Babylon. So the prophet cries like a voice in the wilderness to make ready for the...
JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF GOD Mark 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the opening statement of Mark's Gospel. There are some who vainly contend that the Gospel of Mark has nothing to say about...
Isaiah 40:3....
Here note, 1. The title given to John the Baptist: he is called. VOICE, in respect of his ministerial office, which was to speak forth, to promulge and publish, the doctrine of salvation. 2. The quan...