King James Version
Matthew 3:5 in the King James Version says “Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,”
Matthew 3:5 · KJV
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the region round about”
G4066around the region, i.e., circumjacent (as noun, with g1093 implied vicinity)
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