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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Matthew 3:4 - 3:4
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And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair - woven of it.
and a leathern girdle about his loins - the prophetic dress of Elijah (2Ki 1:8; and see Zec 13:4).
and his meat was locusts - the great, well-known Eastern locust, a food of the poor (Lev 11:22).
and wild honey - made by wild bees (1Sa 14:25, 1Sa 14:26). This dress and diet, with the shrill cry in the wilderness, would recall the stern days of Elijah.