Mark 1:1

Literal Standard Version

A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

King James Version (1611)
The beginning of the Gospel of Iesus Christ, the Sonne of God,

King James Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

English Standard Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

New American Standard Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

New Century Version
This is the beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

Amplified Bible
The beginning of the [facts regarding the] good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Berean Standard Bible
This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Contemporary English Version
This is the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Complete Jewish Bible
The beginning of the Good News of Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of God:

Darby Translation
Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God;

Easy-to-Read Version
The Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, begins

Geneva Bible (1587)
The beginning of the Gospel of Iesus Christ, the Sonne of God:

George Lamsa Translation
THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Good News Translation
This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Lexham English Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Literal Translation
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

American Standard Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Bible in Basic English
The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Hebrew Names Version
The beginning of the Good News of Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of God.

International Standard Version
This isThis is">[fn] the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.the Son of God">[fn]Matthew 14:33; Luke 1:35; John 1:34;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
THE beginning of the Gospel of Jeshu Meshicha, the Son of Aloha.

Murdock Translation
THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The begynnyng of the Gospel of Iesu Christ, the sonne of God.

English Revised Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

World English Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God: As it is written in the prophets,

Weymouth's New Testament
The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The bigynnyng of the gospel of Jhesu Crist, the sone of God.

Update Bible Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God;

New English Translation
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

New King James Version
Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-20; John 1:19-28">[xr] The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

New Living Translation
This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. It began

New Life Bible
The Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

New Revised Standard
The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Beginning of the glad-message of Jesus Christ.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Revised Standard Version
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The beginnynge of the Gospell of Iesu Christ the sonne of God

Young's Literal Translation
A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the begynnynge of the gospell of Iesus Christ the sonne of God,

Mace New Testament (1729)
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the son of God.

THE MESSAGE
The good news of Jesus Christ—the Message!—begins here, following to the letter the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Watch closely: I'm sending my preacher ahead of you; He'll make the road smooth for you. Thunder in the desert! Prepare for God's arrival! Make the road smooth and straight!

Simplified Cowboy Version
This ain't about nothing except the good news of a man named Jesus, the Son of God.

Contextual Overview

¹A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.²As it has been written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, || Who will prepare Your way before You. ³A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, || Make His paths straight." ⁴John came immersing in the wilderness, and proclaiming an immersion of conversion for forgiveness of sins, ⁵and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field, ⁷and he proclaimed, saying, "He comes—who is mightier than I—after me, of whom I am not worthy—having stooped down—to loose the strap of His sandals; ⁸I indeed immersed you in water, but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

beginning: Luke 1:2, Luke 1:3, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:11, Acts 1:1, Acts 1:2

Christ: John 20:31, Romans 1:1-4, 1 John 1:1-3, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12

son: Psalms 2:7, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 14:33, Matthew 17:5, Luke 1:35, John 1:14, John 1:34, John 1:49, John 3:16, John 6:69, Romans 8:3, Romans 8:32, Hebrews 1:1, Hebrews 1:2

Reciprocal: Hosea 1:2 - beginning Matthew 21:25 - baptism Mark 3:11 - the Son Mark 11:30 - General John 1:6 - a man John 9:35 - the Son John 15:27 - have Acts 1:22 - Beginning Acts 10:37 - after Acts 19:4 - John Romans 1:9 - the 2 Corinthians 1:19 - the Son 2 Corinthians 10:14 - the gospel Hebrews 4:14 - Jesus Hebrews 6:1 - principles of the doctrine

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
And God sees that the light [is] good, and God separates between the light and the darkness,

Genesis 1:5
and God calls the light "Day," and the darkness He has called "Night"; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] first day.

Genesis 1:11
And God says, "Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed [is] in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth": and it is so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brings forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed [is] in itself) after its kind; and God sees that [it is] good;

Genesis 1:16
And God makes the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary—and the stars—for the rule of the night;

Genesis 1:17
and God gives them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

Genesis 1:19
and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] fourth day.

Genesis 1:20
And God says, "Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and let [the] bird fly above the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens."

Genesis 1:22
And God blesses them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the bird multiply in the earth":

Genesis 1:30
and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which [is] breath of life, every green herb [is] for food": and it is so.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 1. The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,.... Not that the Gospel first began to be preached at this time, for it was preached by Isaiah, and other prophets before; and long before that, was preached unto Abraham; yea, it was preached as early as the times of our first parents, in Eden's garden; and is indeed that mystery, which was hid in God before the creation of the world; and was ordained before that was, to the glory of the saints: but the sense is, that this narrative Mark was about to write, began with the ministry of John the Baptist, and of Christ; which was a Gospel one, and was the beginning of the Gospel dispensation, in distinction from the legal one: the law and the prophets were until John, and they ceased and ended in him; when the עולם הבא, "the world to come", the kingdom of God, or Gospel state, took place. The design of this evangelist, is not to give an account of the genealogy of Christ, of his conception and birth, of what befell him in his infancy, or of any actions and sayings of his from thence, to his appearance in Israel; but to give an account of his ministry and miracles, sufferings and death: which is introduced with the preaching and baptism of John his forerunner, and which he chiefly intends by "the beginning of the Gospel": he first points out Christ, who is the author and substance, as well as the great preacher of the Gospel; the sum of which is, that he is Jesus, the Saviour and Redeemer of lost sinners; the Christ, the Messiah, that was to come; the Mediator between God and man, the prophet that has declared the whole mind and will of God; the great high priest, who has offered himself a sacrifice for his people, made peace, procured pardon, brought in everlasting righteousness, and obtained eternal redemption, and now lives to make intercession for them; and King of saints, who reigns over them, protects and defends them, and is no other than

the Son of God; equal with his Father; of the same nature with him, possessed of the same perfections, and enjoying the same glory; and which is a grand article of the Gospel, and without which he could not be an able Saviour, nor the true Messiah. Mark begins his account of the Gospel, and which he calls the beginning of it, with the same article of the divine sonship of Christ, as the Apostle Paul began his ministry with, Acts 9:20. Matthew began his Gospel with the humanity, Mark with the divinity of Christ: the one calls him the son of David, the other the Son of God, both true: Christ is the son of David according to his human nature, the Son of God according to his divine nature; so a testimony is bore to the truth of both his natures, which are united in one person.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The beginning of the gospel - The word “gospel” literally signifies good news, and particularly the good tidings respecting the way of salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ. Some have understood the word “gospel” here to mean “history” or “life - the beginning of the history,” etc.; but Mark says nothing of the early life of the Saviour. The word “gospel” here has reference rather to the preaching of John, an account of which immediately follows, and means the beginning of the good news, or annunciation respecting the Messiah. It was very customary thus to prefix a title to a book.

The Son of God - This title was used here to attract attention, and secure the respect of those who should read the gospel. It is no common history. It does not recount the deeds of man - of a hero or a philosopher - but the doctrines and doings of the Son of God. The history, therefore, “commands” respect.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MARK.

-Usherian year of the World, 4030.

-Alexandrian year of the World, 5528.

-Antiochian year of the World, 5518.

-Constantinopolitan AEra of the World, 5534.

-Rabbinical year of the World, 3786.

-Year of the Julian Period, 4740.

-AEra of the Seleucidae, 338.

-Year of the Christian AEra, 26.

-Year of the CCI. Olympiad, 2.

-Year of the building of Rome, 769.

-Year of the Julian AEra, 71.

-Year of the Caesarean AEra of Antioch, 74.

-Year of the Spanish AEra, 64.

-Year of the Paschal Cycle or Dionysian Period, 27.

-Year of the Christian Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number, 8.

-Year of the Rabbinical Lunar Cycle, 5.

-Year of the Solar Cycle, 7.

-Dominical Letter, F.

-Epact, 17.

-Year of the Emperor Tiberius, 14.

-Consuls, C. Calvisius Sabinus, and Cn. Corn. Lentulus Getulicus, from January 1 to July 1; and Q. Marcius Barca and T. Rustius Nummus Gallus, for the remainder of the year. The reason why two sets of Consuls appear in this Chronology is this: the Consuls were changed every year in July; therefore, taking in the whole year, four Consuls necessarily appear: two for the first six months, and two for the latter half of the year.

CHAPTER I.

The mission, preaching, and success of John Baptist, 1-5.

His manner of life, 6.

Proclaims Christ, and baptizes him in Jordan, 7-11.

The temptation of Christ, 12, 13.

John being put in prison, Christ begins to preach, 14, 15.

He calls Andrew and Simon, 16-18.

James and John, 19, 20.

Teaches in Capernaum, 21, 22.

Casts out a demon, 23-28.

Goes into the house of Simon, and heals his mother-in-law,

29-31.

Heals many diseased persons, 32-34.

Goes to the desert, and is followed by his disciples, 35-37.

Preaches in different towns and synagogues of Galilee, and casts

cut devils, 38, 39.

Cleanses a leper, who publishes abroad his miraculous cure,

40-45.

NOTES ON CHAP. I.

Verse Mark 1:1. The beginning of the Gospel — It is with the utmost propriety that Mark begins the Gospel dispensation by the preaching of John the Baptist, he being the forerunner of Jesus Christ, and the first proclaimer of the incarnated Messiah. Gospel-for the meaning of the word see the preface to Matthew. Matthew 1:1

Son of God — To point out his Divine origin; and thus glancing at his miraculous conception. This was an essential character of the Messiah. See Matthew 16:16; Matthew 26:63; Luke 22:67, &c.