Mateo 3:5

5 Acudía entonces a él Jerusalén, toda Judea y toda la región alrededor del Jordán;

Mateo 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 3:5

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 Genesis 13:11 ) .

Mateo 3:5 In-Context

3 Porque este es aquel a quien se refirió el profeta Isaías, diciendo: VOZ DEL QUE CLAMA EN EL DESIERTO: "PREPARAD EL CAMINO DEL SEÑOR, HACED DERECHAS SUS SENDAS."

4 Y él, Juan, tenía un vestido de pelo de camello y un cinto de cuero a la cintura; y su comida era de langostas y miel silvestre.

5 Acudía entonces a él Jerusalén, toda Judea y toda la región alrededor del Jordán;

6 y confesando sus pecados, eran bautizados por él en el río Jordán.

7 Pero cuando vio que muchos de los fariseos y saduceos venían para el bautismo, les dijo: ¡Camada de víboras! ¿Quién os enseñó a huir de la ira que vendrá?