Mar 1:6 | RWP | e4.org | Clothed with camel's hair ( ενδεδυμενος τριχας καμηλου ). Matthew ( ) has it a garment ( ενδυμα ) of camel's hair. Mark has it in the accusative plural the object of the perfect passive participle retained according to a common Greek idiom. It was, of course, not camel's skin, but rough cloth woven of camel's hair. For the locusts and wild honey, see on . Dried locusts are considered palatable and the wild honey, or "mountain honey" as some versions give it ( μελ αγριον ), was bountiful in the clefts of the rocks. Some Bedouins make their living yet by gathering this wild honey out of the rocks.

‏ Mark 1:6

Clothed with camel's hair ( ενδεδυμενος τριχας καμηλου ). Matthew (Mt 3:4) has it a garment ( ενδυμα ) of camel's hair. Mark has it in the accusative plural the object of the perfect passive participle retained according to a common Greek idiom. It was, of course, not camel's skin, but rough cloth woven of camel's hair. For the locusts and wild honey, see on Mt 3:4. Dried locusts are considered palatable and the wild honey, or "mountain honey" as some versions give it ( μελ αγριον ), was bountiful in the clefts of the rocks. Some Bedouins make their living yet by gathering this wild honey out of the rocks.