At that time John the Baptizer came and began telling people a message \{from God\}. This was in the desert area of Judea.
Mark 1:3 - Easy To Read Version “There is a person shouting in the desert:\par ‘Prepare the way for the Lord.\par Make his paths straight.’”\par \i (Isaiah 40:3)\i0 \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord, make His beaten tracks straight (level and passable)! [Isa. 40:3.] American Standard Version (1901) The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight; Common English Bible a voice shouting in the wilderness: “Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.” Catholic Public Domain Version The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. |
At that time John the Baptizer came and began telling people a message \{from God\}. This was in the desert area of Judea.
John the Baptizer is the one that Isaiah the prophet {\cf2\super [34]} was talking about. Isaiah said:
Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. {\cf2\super [45]} At that time, a command from God came to John, the son of Zechariah. John was living in the desert.
John told people about him. John said, “This is the One I was talking about. I said, ‘The One who comes after me is more important than I am. He was living before me.’”