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

3For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’” 4Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then 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 wrath 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

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• JerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHierosoluma · JerusalemG2414
• was goingἐκπορεύωekporeuomai · to departG1607
• out to him, and allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• JudeaἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• the districtπερίχωροςperichōros · regionG4066
• the JordanἸορδάνηςIordanēs · JordanG2446

Cross-references for Matthew 3:5

• Matthew 4:25Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
• Matthew 11:7As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
• Mark 1:5And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
• Luke 3:7So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• Luke 16:16“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
• John 3:23John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized--
• John 5:35He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while 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