Matthew 3:5
People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
In Context
6Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan.
Cross References
Matthew 11:7As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
Luke 3:7Then 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?
John 3:23Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salem, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →