1. The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ - The evangelist speaks with strict propriety: for the beginning of the Gospel is in the account of John the Baptist, contained in the first paragraph; the Gospel itself in the rest of the book. Matt. iii, 1; Luke iii, 1 2. Mal. iii, 1 2. Maleachi 3, 1 3. Isaiah xl, 3. 3. Jesaja 40, 3 4. Preaching the baptism of repentance - That is, preaching repentance, and baptizing as a sign and means of it. 7. The latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose - That is, to do him the very meanest service. 14. Matt. iv, 12. 14. Matthäus 4, 12