Mark 1:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ And it happened at that time that Jesus went from Nazareth, in Galilee [i.e., south to Judea], where He was immersed by John in the Jordan River.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.

Common English Bible

⁹ About that time, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And it happened that, in those days, Jesus arrived from Nazareth of Galilee. And he was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Mark 1:9 Cross References

Matthew 2:23

and settled in a town called Nazareth, so that it could fulfill what was spoken by the prophets [Isa. 11:1 in the Hebrew text] that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

Mark 1:8

I am immersing you in water, but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.”

Mark 1:10

And immediately upon emerging from the water, He saw the sky split open and the Holy Spirit descending on Him as a dove.

Luke 2:51

So, Jesus went down to Nazareth with them and [continued] to obey them. And His mother kept all these things [stored up] in her heart.

Acts 1:22

from His immersion by John [the Immerser] until He was received up from us [in a cloud]. Of these people [we must choose] someone to become a witness with us [i.e., to tell people] of Jesus' resurrection [from the dead].”