Matthew 3:5

Translations

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Original

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Notes

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Events

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• John the Baptist Begins Ministryc. AD 26

Related verses

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• Mark 1:5
  People 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 5:35
  John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
• Matthew 11:7–12
  As 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?
• Luke 3:7
  Then 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 16:16
  The 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.
• John 3:23
  Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
• Matthew 4:25
  Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

Parallels

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Isaiah 40:1–5· Mark 1:1–8· Luke 3:1–20· John 1:19–28

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions· Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history· Judea: The southern region of Israel, centered around Jerusalem

Glossary

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Desert· Gospel of Matthew· Jesus Christ

Topics

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Baptism: As Administered by John· Baptism: John's· Christian Minister: Faithful: John the Baptist· John: His Influence Upon the Public Mind