Bible Strands
Matthew 3:5
People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative describes crowds traveling to John the Baptist during his wilderness ministry, immediately preceding their confession and baptism.
The words — ἐξεπορεύετο (exeporeueto) literally means “were going out,” and πᾶσα (pasa) translates as “all,” denoting the geographic scope of the movement.
The thread — This pattern of mass movement to a wilderness figure for repentance and baptism recurs in Mark 1:5, Luke 3:7, and Matthew 11:7.
Why it lands — The text records a factual geographic mobilization before assigning spiritual meaning, requiring the reader to note the sheer scale of the gathering as a prerequisite for understanding the subsequent baptismal act.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Cross-references
- 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.
- Matthew 11:7 As 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 3:7 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?
- 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.
- John 3:23 Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
- John 5:35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
- Matthew 4:25 Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.