===Mark===Mark had a simple understanding of John the Baptist as the forerunner to the Messiah:<blockquote style="border: solid thin gray;color:green" >:[[Mr 1:2-11 | Mark]] As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.==={{:[[Mr 1:3]] The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.:[[Mr 1:4]] John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.:[[Mr 1:5]] And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.:[[Mr 1:6]] And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;:[[Mr 1:7]] And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.:[[Mr 1:8]] I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.:[[Mr 1:9]] ¶ And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.:[[Mr 1:10]] And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him::[[Mr 1:2-11]] And there came a voice from heaven, [saying], Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.</blockquote>}}