Mark 1:5 And there went out to him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan… 1. The excellency of his person. 2. The novelty of his doctrine. 3. The zeal and earnestness of his preaching. 4. The strangeness of the place where he preached. 5. The austerity and strictness of his life. (G. Petter.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. |
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