Matthew 3:5

Matthew 3:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
• New International Version (NIV)People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him

Context of Matthew 3:5

3This is the one who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the road for the Lord, Make His highways straight (level, direct)!’ ” 4Now this same John had clothing made of camel’s hair and a [wide] leather band around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan; 6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. 7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the [divine] wrath and judgment to come?

Matthew 3:5 word by word

Τότε ἐξεπορεύετο πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ πᾶσα ἡ Ἰουδαία καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ἰορδάνου,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• went outἐκπορεύωekporeuomai · to departG1607
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• JerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHierosoluma · JerusalemG2414
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• JudeaἸουδαίαIoudaia · JudeaG2449
• the region round aboutπερίχωροςperichōros · regionG4066
• JordanἸορδάνηςIordanēs · JordanG2446

Cross-references for Matthew 3:5

• Matthew 4:25Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and the other side of the Jordan.
• Matthew 11:7As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out in the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind [which is commonplace]?
• Mark 1:5And all the country of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem were continually going out to him; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.
• Luke 3:7So he began saying to the crowds who were coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath [of God that is] to come?
• Luke 16:16“The Law and the [writings of the] Prophets were proclaimed until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God has been and continues to be preached, and everyone tries forcefully to go into it.
• John 3:23Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—
• John 5:35John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to rejoice in his light.

Commentaries on Matthew 3:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Jordan - Many of the best MSS. and versions, with Mark 1:5, add , the river Jordan; but the definitive article, with which the word is generally accompanied, both in the Hebrew and the Greek, is, sufficient; and our article the, which should ever be used in the translation, expresses the force of the other.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Jerusalem - The people of Jerusalem. All Judea - Many people from Judea. It does not mean that literally all the people went, but that great multitudes went. It was general. Jerusalem was in the part of the country called Judea. Judea was situated on the west side of the Jordan. See the notes at Matthew 2:22. Region about Jordan - On the east and west side of the river. Near to Jordan.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6John's ministry became so popular that many people from Jerusalem and Judea came to hear him. Confessing their sins: Those who listened to John's preaching and turned away from sin were ready to accept the ministry of Jesus (Luke 7:27, 29). they were baptized: John's practice of baptism might have started with the Old Testament idea of purification (see Isaiah 1:16; 4:4; Ezekiel 36:25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 3:5

• Baptism
• John
• Minister, Christian

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Jordan
• Judea
• Judaea, or Judea
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Judea, Judah
• John the Baptist
• Kingdom
• Meet
• Please

Commentaries on Matthew 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings