Mateo 3:5

5 Acudía a él la gente de Jerusalén, de toda Judea y de toda la región 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 Juan era aquel de quien había escrito el profeta Isaías:«Voz de uno que grita en el desierto:“Preparen el camino para el Señor,háganle sendas derechas”».

4 La ropa de Juan estaba hecha de pelo de camello. Llevaba puesto un cinturón de cuero y se alimentaba de langostas y miel silvestre.

5 Acudía a él la gente de Jerusalén, de toda Judea y de toda la región del Jordán.

6 Cuando confesaban sus pecados, él los bautizaba en el río Jordán.

7 Pero al ver que muchos fariseos y saduceos llegaban adonde él estaba bautizando, les advirtió: «¡Camada de víboras! ¿Quién les dijo que podrán escapar del castigo que se acerca?