And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
Ver. 5. All the land of Judea] That is, a great sort of them; but John quickly grew stale to them, John 5:35. Principium fervet, medium leper, exitus alger. Weak Christians easily fall off, as leaves in autumn, or untimely figs,Revelation 6:13 .