5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
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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.
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
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? …
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We have here an account of the preaching and baptism of John, which were the dawning of the gospel-day. Observe, I. The time when he appeared. In those days (Matt. 3:1), or, after those days , long after what was recorded in the foregoing chapter, which left the child Jesus in his infancy. In those days , in the time appointed of the Father for the beginning of the gospel, when the fulness of time…
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