Mark 1:1
New International Version
The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,

New Living Translation
This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. It began

English Standard Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Berean Standard Bible
This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Berean Literal Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

King James Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

New King James Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

New American Standard Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

NASB 1995
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

NASB 1977
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Amplified Bible
The beginning of the [facts regarding the] good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Christian Standard Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

American Standard Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The beginning of The Gospel of Yeshua The Messiah, The Son of God.

Contemporary English Version
This is the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

English Revised Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is the beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Good News Translation
This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

International Standard Version
This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

Literal Standard Version
A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

Majority Standard Bible
This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

New American Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ [the Son of God].

NET Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

New Revised Standard Version
The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

New Heart English Bible
The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God;

Weymouth New Testament
The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

World English Bible
The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Young's Literal Translation
A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

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Context
The Mission of John the Baptist
1This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”…

Cross References
Matthew 4:3
The tempter came to Him and said, "If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

Acts 1:22
beginning from John's baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection."

Acts 13:24
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.


Treasury of Scripture

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

beginning.

Luke 1:2,3
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; …

Luke 2:10,11
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people…

Acts 1:1,2
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, …

Christ.

John 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Romans 1:1-4
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, …

1 John 1:1-3
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; …

son.

Psalm 2:7
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Matthew 3:17
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 14:33
Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

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Mark 1
1. The office of John the Baptist.
9. Jesus is baptized;
12. tempted;
14. he preaches;
16. calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John;
23. heals one that had a demon;
29. Peter's mother in law;
32. many diseased persons;
40. and cleanses the leper.














(1) The beginning of the gospel.--The opening words are interesting as presenting a transition stage in the history of the word Gospel, between its earlier sense, as meaning generally the "good news" of the kingdom of God (Mark 1:14; Matthew 4:23; Matthew 9:35), and the later sense, as a book recording the main facts in our Lord's life and work. In 1Corinthians 15:1, 2Timothy 2:8, where it clearly includes a narrative of some kind, we have an instance of a like transition.

The Son of God.--This also is significant as to the Church's faith at the time when St. Mark wrote. He, of whom he speaks, was not a prophet or righteous man only, but was, in the highest sense which could be attached to the words, the Son of God. If we think of St. Mark as reproducing St. Peter's teaching, we cannot fail to connect the words, thus placed, as they are, in the very title of his Gospel, with the Apostle's confession in Matthew 16:16. . . .

Verse 1. - The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ. These words mean, not the title of the book, but the commencement of the narrative; and so they depend upon what follows, namely, "as it is written" (καθῶς for ὠς), "even as it is written." The words "the gospel of Jesus Christ" do not signify the book which St. Mark wrote, but the evangelical teaching of Jesus Christ. St. Mark means that the gospel announcement by Jesus Christ had such a beginning as had been predicted by Isaiah and Malachi, namely, the preaching of John the Baptist, and his testimony concerning Christ, to be fully laid open by the preaching and the death of Christ. The preaching of repentance by the Baptist was the preparation and the beginning of the evangelical preaching by Christ, of whom John was the forerunner. It has been well observed that St. Matthew and St. John begin their Gospels from Christ himself; but St. Matthew from the human, and St. John from the Divine, generation of Christ. St. Mark and St. Luke commence from John the Baptist; but St. Luke from his nativity, and St, John from his preaching. The words, the Son of God, are rightly retained in the Revised Version, although they are omitted by some ancient authorities.

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Greek
[This is the] beginning
Ἀρχὴ (Archē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 746: From archomai; a commencement, or chief.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

gospel
εὐαγγελίου (euangeliou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2098: From the same as euaggelizo; a good message, i.e. The gospel.

of Jesus
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

Christ,
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

[the] Son
Υἱοῦ (Huiou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

of God.
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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