Matthew 3:5

Then went out to him Jerusalem,.... The uncommon appearance of this person, the oddness of his dress, the austerity of his life, together with the awfulness and importance of his doctrine, and the…

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…

We have here an account of the preaching and baptism of John, which were the dawning of the gospel-day. Observe,

I. The time when he appeared. In those days (Mat 3:1), or, after those days, long after…

Mat 3:1-12. John Baptist preaches in the Wilderness of Judæa. Mar 1:2-8; Luk 3:1-18; Joh 1:15-34

St Luke does not name the Pharisees and Sadducees, he gives the particular exhortations to the various…