‘Prepare the way for the Lord’s coming! Clear the road for him!’”[b]4 John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey. 5
The most prevalent interpretations maintain that the locusts and wild honey, however construed, highlight John as Prophet, wilderness-dweller, ascetic or vegetarian. A recurrent weakness in many interpretations of Mk 1.6c/Mt.3.4c is that they ignore the possibility that this characterization could ...
1:8]. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey [C signifies living off the land]. 5 Many people came from Jerusalem and Judea and all the ·area [region] around the Jordan River to hear John. 6 They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River....
and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.7And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.8I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy...
and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.7And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.8I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy...
“He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for theLord’s coming! Clear the road for him!’” 4John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.5People from Jerusalem and from ...
John wore clothing made of camel’s hair and had a [wide] leather band around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. Christian Standard Bible John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. ...
John the Baptist came onto the scene in a big way. He was a bold and unapologetic man. He wore camel hair and ate weird things like locusts. His was so charismatic that even though he preached in the wilderness, people traveled miles and miles to hear him. The message he proclaimed was...
John was criticized for his ascetic ways, his preference for locusts and wild honey, rather than the bread and wine that others enjoyed. (Were the locusts dipped in honey before eating?) You just can't please everybody -- ever. Great men are raked with scathing criticism and fools are pr...
John wore a camel-hair habit, tied at the waist with a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild field honey. 7-8 As he preached he said, “The real action comes next: The star in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will change your life. I’m baptizing you here in the ...