People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
- KJV Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
- NKJV Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him
- NASB At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan;
- NLT People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John.
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Quick answer
Crowds from Jerusalem, Judea, and the Jordan region stream out to John. His preaching stirs a widespread response.
Overview
The great numbers coming to John show a genuine spiritual hunger and expectation among the people. His ministry awakens a national movement of repentance in anticipation of the Messiah. Yet, as the following verses show, sincerity of heart still had to be tested.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Mark 1:5People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
- John 5:35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
- Luke 3:7Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Luke 16:16The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
- Matt 11:7–12As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
- John 3:23Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
- Matt 4:25The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
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