Mark 1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 1. It was agreeable to the custom of the place were he lived, and easy to be had there. 2. That he might resemble Elias, in whose spirit he was to go before Christ. 3. Because he was a Nazarite from his mother's womb. 4. Preaching the doctrine of repentance, he practised mortification in his own person. 5. That he might procure reverence to his person, and authority to his ministry. 6. To leave us a pattern and example of sobriety and temperance. (G. Petter.) Parallel Verses KJV: And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; |
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