Mark 1:8

I indeed have baptized you with water,.... This was spoken to the baptized persons, partly to take off their dependence upon him and his baptism; and partly to direct their views to Christ, from whom…

I indeed have baptized you with water - As if he had said: This baptism is not to be rested in; it is only an emblem of that which you must receive from him who is mightier than I. It is he only who…

We may observe here,

I. What the New Testament is - the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is the gospel of…

Mar 1:1-8. The Preaching and Baptism of John

The object of St Mark is to relate the official life and ministryof our Lord. He therefore begins with His baptism, and first relates, as introductory to…