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John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness (desert), preaching a baptism [[a]obligating] repentance ([b]a change of one’s mind for the better, heartily amending one’s ways, with abhorrence of his past sins) in order [c]to obtain forgiveness of and release from sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:4 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  2. Mark 1:4 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
  3. Mark 1:4 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People.

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