Matthew 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, Jordan - Many of the best MSS. and versions, with Mark 1:5, add ποταμω, the river Jordan; but the definitive article, with which the word is generally accompanied, both in the Hebrew and the Greek, is, sufficient; and our article the, which should ever be used in the translation, expresses the force of the other.