In the Jordan (εις τον Ιορδανην). So in verse 10, εκ του υδατος, out of the water, after the baptism into the Jordan. Mark is as f…

And it came to pass.—See Note on Matthew 3:13. St. Mark adds from Nazareth to St. Matthew’s more general stateme…

Pseudo-Jerome: Mark the Evangelist, like a hart longing for the fountains of water, leaps forward over places both smo…

Jesus probably began his public ministry about A. D. 27, when he was approximately thirty years old. Two events, however, immediately preceded the …

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Whilst John was preaching and baptizing in the wilderne , and had large crowds of pe…

Christ's baptism was his first public appearance, after he had long lived unknown. How much hidden worth is there, which in this world is not known…