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

3Isaiah the prophet spoke about this man when he said, “A voice cries out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!’ ” 4John wore clothes made from camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of locusts and wild honey. Jerusalem, all Judea, and the whole Jordan Valley went to him. 6As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River. 7But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he said to them, “You poisonous snakes! Who showed you how to flee from God’s coming anger?

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. They came from Galilee, the Ten Cities, Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan River.
• Matthew 11:7As they were leaving, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John. “What did you go into the desert to see? Tall grass swaying in the wind?
• Mark 1:5All Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went to him. As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.
• Luke 3:7Crowds of people were coming to be baptized by John. He would say to them, “You poisonous snakes! Who showed you how to flee from God’s coming anger?
• Luke 16:16“Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets were ⌞in force⌟ until the time of John. Since that time, people have been telling the Good News about God’s kingdom, and everyone is trying to force their way into it.
• John 3:23John was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim. Water was plentiful there. (People came to John to be baptized,
• John 5:35John was a lamp that gave off brilliant light. For a time you enjoyed the pleasure of 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