(near modern Nāblus) to a point east ofJericho. Hisausterecamel’s hairgarment was the traditional garb of the prophets, and his diet oflocustsand wild honey represented either strictadherenceto Jewish purity laws or theasceticconduct of aNazirite(aJewespecially vowed to God’s service). His ...
‘Prepare the way for the Lord’s coming! Clear the road for him!’” 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 People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan...
‘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 People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the ...
6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you...
And he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 Here is what John was preaching. “After me, there is someone coming who is more powerful than I am. I’m not good enough to bend down and untie his sandals. 8 I baptize you with water. But he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” ...
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 ...
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...
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...
6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you...
4John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist[C reminiscent of the prophet Elijah;2 Kin. 1:8]. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey[C signifies living off the land].5Many people came from Jerusalem and Judea and all the ·area...