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Mark 1:3-4

Context

1:3 the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,

Prepare the way for the Lord,

make 1  his paths straight.’” 2 

1:4 In the wilderness 3  John the baptizer 4  began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 

Mark 1:13

Context
1:13 He was in the wilderness forty days, 6  enduring temptations from Satan. He 7  was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs. 8 

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[1:3]  1 sn This call to “make his paths straight” in this context is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance.

[1:3]  2 sn A quotation from Isa 40:3.

[1:4]  3 tn Or “desert.”

[1:4]  4 tn While Matthew and Luke consistently use the noun βαπτίστης (baptisths, “[the] Baptist”) to refer to John, as a kind of a title, Mark prefers the substantival participle ὁ βαπτίζων (Jo baptizwn, “the one who baptizes, the baptizer”) to describe him (only twice does he use the noun [Mark 6:25; 8:28]).

[1:4]  5 sn A baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins was a call for preparation for the arrival of the Lord’s salvation. To participate in this baptism was a recognition of the need for God’s forgiveness with a sense that one needed to live differently as a response to it.

[1:13]  5 sn The forty days may allude to the experience of Moses (Exod 34:28), Elijah (1 Kgs 19:8, 15), or David and Goliath (1 Sam 17:16).

[1:13]  6 tn Grk “And he.”

[1:13]  7 tn Grk “were serving him,” “were ministering to him.”



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