- Mr 1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
- Mark claims that John is the messenger of Mr 1:2 by equating 'prepare the way before you' with preaching the baptism of repentance.
- Mark uses Remez of ideas to equate the two. Malachi identifies the way which must be prepared:
- Mal 2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?
- MAlachi says that everyone is doing evil in the sight of the Lord, therefor preaching repentance seems like a reasonable action to take to prepare the way. Mark also understands the metaphor of water being the word of God. Repentance comes through immersion in the word of God.
- Mark uses Remez of ideas to equate the two. Malachi identifies the way which must be prepared:
- Mark claims that John is the messenger of Mr 1:2 by equating 'prepare the way before you' with preaching the baptism of repentance.