Matthew 3:5
New International Version
People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

New Living Translation
People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John.

English Standard Version
Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,

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

Berean Literal Bible
At that time were going out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan,

King James Bible
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

New King James Version
Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him

New American Standard Bible
At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan;

NASB 1995
Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan;

NASB 1977
Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea, and all the district around the Jordan;

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea, and all the district around the Jordan;

Amplified Bible
At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan;

Christian Standard Bible
Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were going out to him,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were flocking to him,

American Standard Version
Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Jud�a, and all the region round about the Jordan;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Then Jerusalem and all Judaea were going out to him, and the whole region, which is around the Jordan.

Contemporary English Version
From Jerusalem and all Judea and from the Jordan River Valley crowds of people went to John.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:

English Revised Version
Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jerusalem, all Judea, and the whole Jordan Valley went to him.

Good News Translation
People came to him from Jerusalem, from the whole province of Judea, and from all over the country near the Jordan River.

International Standard Version
Then the people of Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region along the Jordan began flocking to him,

Literal Standard Version
Then were going forth to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan,

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

New American Bible
At that time Jerusalem, all Judea, and the whole region around the Jordan were going out to him

NET Bible
Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

New Revised Standard Version
Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan,

New Heart English Bible
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region about Jordan,

Weymouth New Testament
Then large numbers of people went out to him--people from Jerusalem and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley--

World English Bible
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

Young's Literal Translation
Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Mission of John the Baptist
4John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan. 6Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.…

Cross References
Matthew 2:1
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

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.

Luke 3:3
He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,


Treasury of Scripture

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

Matthew 4:25
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

Matthew 11:7-12
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? …

Mark 1:5
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

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Matthew 3
1. John preaches: his office, life, and baptism.
7. He reprimands the Pharisees,
13. and baptizes Jesus in Jordan.














(5) All the region round about Jordan.--This would include the whole length of the river-valley, and would therefore take in parts of Peraea, Samaria, Galilee, and Gaulonitis.

Verse 5. - Then. Not merely temporal, as probably in ver. 13, but almost consequential, "thereupon"; so also ver. 15; Matthew 2:7, 16. John's preaching and manner of life were not without effect. Went out; ἐξεπορεύετο (similar in the parallels). Our Lord, when referring to this (Matthew 11:7, 8, 9), uses the commoner ἐξήλθατε, merely indicating the crowds leaving for a while their present surroundings. The synoptists here point rather to the trouble involved and the distance traversed (cf. Mark 6:11 with 12). The singular is used (as often in the Hebrew) because the writer's first thought was of Jerusalem; the other parts were added as an afterthought. All (cf. Matthew 8:34); i.e. from all parts and in large numbers. Judaea. Strictly speaking, this would, of course, include part of the next expression, but the reference here is especially to the hill-country. And all the region round about Jordan; i.e. the inhabitants of the Ghor, the Jordan valley. They presumably came from either side of the river. "Strabo, concerning the plain bordering on Jordan, hath these words: It is a place of an hundred furlongs, all well watered, and full of dwellings" (John Lightfoot, 'Her. Heb.').

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[People] went out
ἐξεπορεύετο (exeporeueto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1607: From ek and poreuomai; to depart, be discharged, proceed, project.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[from] Jerusalem
Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosolyma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2414: The Greek form of the Hebrew name: Jerusalem. Of Hebrew origin; Hierosolyma

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

all
πᾶσα (pasa)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

Judea
Ἰουδαία (Ioudaia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2449: Judea, a Roman province, capital Jerusalem. Feminine of Ioudaios; the Judaean land, a region of Palestine.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

whole
πᾶσα (pasa)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

region around
περίχωρος (perichōros)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4066: From peri and chora; around the region, i.e. Circumjacent.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Jordan.
Ἰορδάνου (Iordanou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2446: Of Hebrew origin; the Jordanes, a river of Palestine.


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