Mark 1:8 (GNV)

Passage

Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:6 Nowe Iohn was clothed with camels heare, and with a girdle of a skinne about his loynes: and he did eate Locusts and wilde hony,

Mark 1:7 And preached, saying, A stronger then I commeth after me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to stoupe downe, and vnloose.

Mark 1:8 Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.

Mark 1:9 And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came from Nazareth, a citie of Galile, and was baptized of Iohn in Iordan.

Mark 1:10 And assoone as he was come out of the water, Iohn saw the heauens clouen in twaine, and the holy Ghost descending vpon him like a doue.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "trueth", "haue", "baptized", "water", "holy", and "ghost". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "trueth" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And preached saying A stronger then I..." into verse 9's "And it came to passe in those...", so "trueth" and "haue" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "trueth" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.