Mark 1:2
as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ;
3“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths!”
Cross References
Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, And he shall prepare the way before me; And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, Behold, he shall come, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matthew 26:24The Son of man indeed goeth away, as it hath been written concerning him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Well were it for that man if he had not been born.
Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his very birth.
Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou shalt go in advance before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
Luke 7:27This is he of whom it is written, “Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.”
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:2-9
Mark We have heard the evidence given in by the first witness to the doctrine and miracles of our Lord Jesus; and now here is another witness produced, who calls for our attention. The second living creature saith, Come, and see, Rev. vi. 3 . Now let us enquire a little, I. Concerning this witness. His name is Mark. Marcus was a Roman name, and a very common one, and yet we have no reason to think, but that he was by birth a Jew; but as Saul, when he went among the nations, took the Roman name of Paul, so he of… Read the whole commentary →