Then went out unto him (εξεπορευετο προς αυτον). Imperfect indicative describing the steady stream of people who kept coming to th…

There went out unto him...—See Note on Matthew 3:5. Note St. Mark’s use of the term in the river of Jordan, as writing for those …

Pseudo-Jerome: According to the aforementioned prophecy of Isaiah, the way of the Lord is prepared by John through fai…

John’s preaching caused great excitement, for many people kept going out to him. Although there is an element of hyperbole in Mark’s report, it nev…

And there went out unto him all the land of Judea
The people of the land, a great number of them: