Matthew 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Jerusalem - The people of Jerusalem.

All Judea - Many people from Judea. It does not mean that literally all the people went, but that great multitudes went. It was general. Jerusalem was in the part of the country called Judea. Judea was situated on the west side of the Jordan. See the notes at Matthew 2:22.

Region about Jordan - On the east and west side of the river. Near to Jordan.

Matthew 3:5

5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,