An ivory plaque of Mark the evangelist Mark 1:1-8 reads (my translation): 1 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the son of God. 2 Just as it was written in Isaiah the prophet, “Look! I send my messenger before your face, Who will clear the road for you; 3 A voice shouting in the desert, Prepare the road of the Lord, Make his paths straight.” 4 John the Baptiser appeared in the desert, announcing a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all from the region of Judea and all the Jerusalemites were coming out to him, and they were being baptised by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6 And John was clothed in camel hair and a leather belt around his waist and he was eating locusts and bush honey. 7 And he was announcing, “One more powerful than me is coming after me, who I am not fit to bend down and loosen his sandal strap. 8 I baptise you with water, but he will baptise you in the Holy Spirit. ...
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