Jerusalem. The people of Jerusalem.

All Judea. Many people from Judea. It does not mean that literally all the pe…

All the region round about Jordan — This would include the whole length of the river valley and would therefore take in parts of Perea, Sa…

The people were expecting a Messiah and so they went en masse to John as soon as his shrill voice had startled the solitudes. Bapt…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Having described the preaching of John, he goes on to say, "There went out to him," for his severe l…

Clothes of camel’s hair and a leather belt were not only the clothes of poor people but established links with Elijah (2 Kings 1:8; cf.…

Then went out to him Jerusalem
The uncommon appearance of this person, the oddne of his dre , the austerity of his l…

After Malachi, there was no prophet until John the Baptist came. He appeared first in the wilderne of Judea. This was not an uninhabited desert, bu…

The Evangelist wrote about Christ’s entrance into the world; now, however, he writes about the course of His life, which is, in fact, considered ac…