...wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to hint Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about...

...at the time, the Jews were not at all prepared to receive him. 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. John was to go before Christ in the spirit and power of Elias, Luke i. 17;...

...Herod, but they bind themselves by a vow to live and die hermits. 4 And the same John had his raiment our, that he might excite the Jews to the practice of the last mentioned locusts and wild honey. The plainness of John's habit and diet 1 is here declared : He was habited...

...of the wolf who became their surrogate mother. 23. Matthew 3:4: "Now the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey"; also Mark 1:6. 24. A fuller account of the Roman Carnival festivities makes...

...every form, I will select a few, and lay them before the reader. "And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey." ST. MATTHEW, iii. 4. Thus we see that the Deity frowns not on this humble...

...laughs. What this had to do with Christ's visionary forerunner in the wilderness, who had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey and calling the priestly caste O generation of vipers was unclear. The leathern...

...embellishments, the details on John's food and clothing are from Matt. 3 4. "But John himself had a garment of camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey " you generation of vipers? I see that you want to stand far from the...

...2 John did baptize in the wilderness, Mk. 1/4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's Mt. 3/4 hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, 5 and all the region round...

...you with the Holy Ghost and fire"(Luke 3:16). John was a plain man in appearance as he wore a raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his meat was locust and wild honey (Matthew 3:5). When Jesus appeared to John at the river Jordan to be baptized, John wonders why Jesus...

...wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round...