Matthew 3:5

Mace New Testament

Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem, of all Judea, and the whole country about Jordan, came to him:

Parallel Translations

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

King James Version (1611)
Then went out to him Hierusalem, and all Iudea, and all the region round about Iordane,

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

English Standard Version
Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going 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;

New Century Version
Many people came from Jerusalem and Judea and all the area around the Jordan River to hear John.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then went out to him Ierusalem and all Iudea, and all the region rounde about Iordan.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
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;

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
People went out to him from Yerushalayim, from all Y'hudah, and from the whole region around the Yarden.

Darby Translation
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round the Jordan,

Easy-to-Read Version
People came to John from Jerusalem and the rest of Judea and from all the areas along the Jordan River.

George Lamsa Translation
Then there went out to him, Jerusalem and all of Judaea, and the whole country around Jordan.

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.

Lexham English Bible
Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan were going out to him,

Literal Translation
Then Jerusalem and all Judea went out to him, and all the neighborhood of the Jordan,

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

Bible in Basic English
Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

Hebrew Names Version
Then people from Yerushalayim, all of Yehudah, and all the region around the Yarden went out to him.

International Standard Version
Then the people ofthe people of">[fn] Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region along the Jordan began flocking to him,Mark 1:5; Luke 3:7;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Then went forth to him Urishlem, [fn] and all Jehud, and the whole country about Jurdan;

Murdock Translation
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country about the Jordan.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then went out to hym Hierusalem, and all Iurie, and all the region rounde about Iordane,

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

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,

Weymouth's 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--

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne Jerusalem wente out to hym, and al Judee, and al the cuntre aboute Jordan;

Update Bible Version
Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about 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,

New English Translation
Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

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

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

New Life Bible
Then the people of Jerusalem and of all the country of Judea and those from near the Jordan River went to him.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, were going forth unto him - Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round about the Jordan:

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

Revised Standard Version
Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The went oute to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all ye regio roude aboute Iorda

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then went out to hym Ierusalem, and all Iury, and all the region rounde aboute Iordan,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Cowboys and cowgirls came from all over to see him.

Contextual Overview

¹ At that time appeared John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, ² and saying, "Repent ye: for the kingdom of the Messiah draws nigh." ³ for it is of John the prophet Esaias spoke, when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths clear." ⁴ now John wore a coat made of camels hair, with a leathern girdle about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild hony. ⁵ Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem, of all Judea, and the whole country about Jordan, came to him: ⁶ and having confess'd their sins, they were baptized by him in Jordan.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 4:25, Matthew 11:7-12, Mark 1:5, Luke 3:7, Luke 16:16, John 3:23, John 5:35

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:25 - all they Mark 11:32 - for Luke 3:3 - the country Luke 7:29 - being

Cross-References

Matthew 6:23
but if your eye be bad, your whole body will be dark: if therefore that, which should be light to you, be dark; how great is that darkness?

Acts 26:18
and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and partake of the inheritance of the saints, by believing on me."

2 Corinthians 4:4
to those unbelievers, whose minds the God of this world has so blinded, that the glorious lustre of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them.

2 Corinthians 11:3
but I fear lest by some means or other, as Eve was beguiled by the subtilly of the serpent, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is due to Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:4
that adversary that exalts it self above the divine authority of majesty: that is seated in the temple of God, pretending to be it self divine.

Revelation 13:4
They worshipped the dragon which had given his power to the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, "who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?"

Revelation 13:14
and he deceived the inhabitants of the earth, by the prodigys which he had power to effect by the influence of the beast, by telling the inhabitants of the earth, that he had made an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, but yet did revive.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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. "All" is here put for "many". And

all the region round about Jordan; multitudes from thence, which seems to be the same country with that which is called "beyond Jordan", Matthew 4:25 and is distinguished from Judea as here. The Septuagint in 2 Chronicles 4:17 use the same phrase the Evangelist does here, and likewise in Genesis 13:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Matthew 2:22.

Region about Jordan - On the east and west side of the river. Near to Jordan.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 3:5. Jordan — Many of the best MSS. and versions, with Mark 1:5, add ποταμω, the river Jordan; but the definitive article, with which the word is generally accompanied, both in the Hebrew and the Greek, is, sufficient; and our article the, which should ever be used in the translation, expresses the force of the other.