Matthew 3:5
Then Jerusalem began to go out to him, and all Judea, and the whole neighborhood of the Jordan,
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
In Context
6and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Cross References
Matthew 11:7As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.
Luke 3:7So Johnused to say to the crowd of those who were going out to be baptized by him. "You breed of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
John 3:23John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there were many streams there, and people kept coming to receive baptism.
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 →