Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
KJV
φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Vox clamantis in deserto : Parate viam Domini, rectas facite semitas ejus.
Vulgate
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
ASV
A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βοάω
boao
verb · 12×
εὐθύς
euthus
adjective · 8×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
τρίβος
tribos
noun · 3×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑτοιμάζω
etoimazo
verb · 41×
ἔρημος
eremos
adjective · 48×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Isa 40:3 · exact_quote"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."Isaiah's voice in the wilderness applied to John the Baptist
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. This chapter begins the great consolatory section of Isaiah. The voice crying in the wilderness — prepare ye the way of the Lord — is identified in the Gospels with John the Baptist. All flesh is grass, but the word of our God shall stand forever. The incomparable majesty of God is displayed in his power over creation: he measur…
Cross-references
- 2Tim 2:25 — In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
- Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
- John 1:23 — He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
- John 1:31 — And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
- John 3:28 — Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- Luke 1:77 — To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
- Luke 1:80 — And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
- Luke 3:4 — As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Luke 3:4 — As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matt 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
- Matt 3:3 — For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matt 3:3 — For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matt 11:7 — And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?