And saying, the time is fulfilled,.... Either that which was fixed for the end of the law and prophets, the legal and Mosaic dispensation, and the Jewish church state; or the fulness of time for the Messiah's appearance in the world; which was agreed upon between the Father and the Son, was predicted in various prophecies, and the people of the Jews were in a general expectation of:and the kingdom of God is at hand: the same with the kingdom of heaven, in Mt 3:2, see the notes:See Gill on "Mt 3:2",See Gill on "Mt 4:17".
repent ye, and believe the Gospel.