Matthew 3:5 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 3:5

People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about the Jordan;

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Hilary of Poitiers

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (367)

The preacher of Christ is clad in the skins of unclean beasts, to which the Gentiles are compared, and so by the Prophets' dress is sanctified whatever in them was useless or unclean. The girdle is a thing of much efficacy to every good work, that we may be girt for every ministry of Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Jerusalem - 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 Mat 2:22. Region about Jordan - On the east and west side of the river. Near to Jordan.

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.”

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	At that time	G5119 →
ἐξεπορεύετο	exeporeueto	were going out	G1607 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
Ἱεροσόλυμα	Hi'erosoluma	Jerusalem	G2414 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πᾶσα	pasa	all	G3956 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰουδαία	Ioudaia	Judea	G2449 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πᾶσα	pasa	all	G3956 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
περίχωρος	perichōros	region around	G4066 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
Ἰορδάνου,	Iordanou	Jordan,	G2446 →

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 16:16
The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
leads to
- Matthew 11:9–14
  What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
- Matthew 21:32
  For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe…
- Acts 3:24–25
  Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
- Matthew 3:2
  and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Luke 7:26–29
  What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Through
Luke 3:7
Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
leads to
- Matthew 23:33
  You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
Through
John 5:35
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:19
  We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…
Through
Mark 1:5
People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
leads to
- Leviticus 26:40–42
  But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—