Matthew 3:5

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Then	Τότε Tote	G5119	the when · adverb
out	ἐξεπορεύετο exeporeueto	G1607	to depart · verb — imperfect middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
to	πρὸς pros	G4314	a preposition of direction · preposition
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
Jerusalem	Ἱεροσόλυμα Hi'erosoluma	G2414	Hierosolyma (i.e. Jerushalaim) · noun — nominative plural neuter, a place
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
all	πᾶσα pasa	G3956	all · adjective — nominative singular feminine
Judaea	Ἰουδαία Ioudaia	G2449	the Judæan land (i.e. Judæa) · noun — nominative singular feminine, a place
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
all	πᾶσα pasa	G3956	all · adjective — nominative singular feminine
about	περίχωρος perichōros	G4066	around the region · noun — nominative singular feminine
Jordan	Ἰορδάνου, Iordanou	G2446	the Jordanes (i.e. Jarden) · noun — genitive singular masculine, a place

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Cross-references

Mark 1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing th…
Matthew 11:7-12 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken wit…
Luke 3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to c…
Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
John 3:23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John 5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Matthew 4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jor…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:1-6

We have here an account of the preaching and baptism of John, which were the dawning of the gospel-day. Observe, I. The time when he appeared. In those days (Mat 3:1), or, after those days, long after what was recorded in the foregoing chapter, which left the child Jesus in his infancy. In those days, in the time appointed of the Father for the beginning of the gospel, when the fulness of time was come, which was often thus spoken of in the Old Testament, In those days. Now the last of Daniel's weeks began, or rather, the latter half of the week, when the Messiah was to confirm the covenant with many, Dan 9:27. Christ's appearances are all in their season. Glorious things were spoken both of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 3:5

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan--From the metropolitan center to the extremities of the Judean province the cry of this great preacher of repentance and herald of the approaching Messiah brought trooping penitents and eager expectants.

John Gill on Matthew 3:5

Then went out to him Jerusalem,.... The uncommon appearance of this person, the oddness of his dress, the austerity of his life, together with the awfulness and importance of his doctrine, and the novelty of the ordinance of baptism he administered, and the Jews having had no prophet for some hundreds of years, and imagining he might be the Messiah, quickly drew large numbers of people to him. Some copies read "all Jerusalem": that is, the inhabitants of that city, a very large number of them; and "all Judea", a great number of people from all parts of that country. "All" is here put for "many". And all the region round about Jordan; multitudes from thence, which seems to be the same countr…

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John Calvin on Matthew 3:1-6

Matthew 3:1-6 Matthew 3:1-6 Mark 1:1-6 Luke 3:1-6 1. Now in those days John the Baptist comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2. And saying, Repent: [243] for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, 3. For this is he, of whom it has been spoken by Isaiah the prophet, who says, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan. 6. And were baptized in Jordan by him, confessing their sins. 1. The beginning of the gospel of…

The Church Fathers

When the crowds heard of his manner of life, far surpassing normal human life, they longed to see him. For this reason, when they heard that John was nearby, they all simultaneously ran to him, as to "a man sent from God." They confessed their sins in his presence so that, like a priest, he might offer up sacrifices on their behalf.
— Theodore of Heraclea, FRAGMENT 13.28

The baptism of John bare a figure of the catechumens. As children are only catechized that they may become meet for the sacrament of Baptism; so John baptized, that they who were thus baptized might afterwards by a holy life become worthy of coming to Christ's baptism. He baptized in Jordan, that the door of the Kingdom of Heaven might be there opened, where an entrance had been given to the children of Israel into the earthly kingdom of promise.
— Remigius of Rheims ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Rightly are they who are to be baptized said to go out to the Prophet; for unless one depart from sin, and renounce the pomp of the Devil, and the temptations of the world, he cannot receive a healing baptism. Rightly also in Jordan, which means their descent, because they descended from the pride of life to the humility of an honest confession. Thus early was an example given to them that are to be baptized of confessing their sins and professing amendment.
— Rabanus Maurus ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

John the Baptist — The “forerunner of our Lord.” We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias, was a priest of the course of Abia (1 Chr.…
Jordan — Heb. Yarden, “the descender;” Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, “the watering-place” the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south down a deep valley in the centre of the country. The name…
Baptism · General references — General references
John · His inf — His inf

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 3:5

John Gill on Matthew 3:5

John Calvin on Matthew 3:1-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 3:5

John Gill on Matthew 3:5

John Calvin on Matthew 3:1-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 3:5-6