Matthew 3:1 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 3:1

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,

KJV

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In those days - The days here referred to cannot be those mentioned in the preceding chapter, for John was but six months older than Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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. ix. Christ's appearances are all in their season.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses describe the ministry of John the Baptist, the forerunner of our Lord Jesus Christ: it is a ministry that deserves close attention. Few preachers ever produced such effects as John the Baptist: “There went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan.”None ever received such praise from the great head of the church: Jesus called him “a burning and a shining light” ( John 5:35 ); the great Bishop of souls Himself declared, that “among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.”

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐν	En	In	G1722 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
ἡμέραις	hēmerais	days	G2250 →
ἐκείναις	ekeinais	those	G1565 →
παραγίνεται	paraginetai	comes	G3854 →
Ἰωάννης	Iōannēs	John	G2491 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
βαπτιστὴς	baptistēs	Baptist	G910 →
κηρύσσων	kērussōn	preaching	G2784 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ἐρήμῳ	erēmō	wilderness	G2048 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίας	Ioudaias	of Judea	G2449 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
leads to
- Malachi 3:1
  “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He…
- Isaiah 40:3–5
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Mark 1:2–3
  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
Through
Matthew 11:11
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
leads to
- Luke 7:28
  I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
- Ephesians 3:8
  Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- John 1:15
  John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
- Matthew 3:11
  I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and…
- Matthew 5:19