Mateus 3:5

5 A ele vinha gente de Jerusalém, de toda a Judeia e de toda a região ao redor do Jordão.

Mateus 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 ) .

Mateus 3:5 In-Context

3 Este é aquele que foi anunciado pelo profeta Isaías:“Voz do que clama no deserto:‘Preparem o caminho para o Senhor,façam veredas retas para ele’.”
4 As roupas de João eram feitas de pelos de camelo, e ele usava um cinto de couro na cintura. O seu alimento era gafanhotos e mel silvestre.
5 A ele vinha gente de Jerusalém, de toda a Judeia e de toda a região ao redor do Jordão.
6 Confessando os seus pecados, eram batizados por ele no rio Jordão.
7 Quando viu que muitos fariseus e saduceus vinham para onde ele estava batizando, disse-lhes: “Raça de víboras! Quem deu a vocês a ideia de fugir da ira que se aproxima?
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