Matthew 3:5 (WEB)
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
Fathers and councils · 11
Cyril of Jerusalem
“This man was baptizing in Jordan, and there went out unto him all Jerusalem, to enjoy the first-fruits of baptisms: for in Jerusalem is the prerogative of all things good.” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 4–12.
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John Chrysostom
“And this the Evangelist implies, when he says, “all Judæa and the country around about Jordan went out to him and were baptized.” ( Matt. iii. 5.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Then went out to him all Judea, and Jerusalem, and all the region round about Jordan, and were baptized of him, confessing their sins.”” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 5, 6.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…God by abstinence; he also was thought worthy to be a herald, if not a forerunner, of Christ, and there went out to him not only all the region round about, but also that which was beyond its borders; he also stood between the two covenants, abolishing the letter of the one by administering the spirit of the other,…” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 5.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Having described the preaching of John, he goes on to say, “There went out to him,” for his severe life preached yet more loudly in the desert than the voice of his crying.
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For it was wonderful to see such fortitude in a human body; this it was that chiefly attracted the Jews, seeing in him the great Elias. It also contributed to fill them with wonder that the grace of Prophecy had long…
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
This baptism was only a forerunning of that to come, and did not forgive sins. [ed. note: Tertullian (de Bapt. 10. 11) S. Jerome (adv. Lucifer. 7) S. Gregory (Hom. in Evang. vii. 3) Theophylact in Marc. ch. i. S.…
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The baptism of John bare a figure of the catechumens. As children are only catechized that they may become meet for the sacrament of Baptism; so John baptized, that they who were thus baptized might afterwards by a…
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Compared with the holiness of John, who is there that can think himself righteous? As a white garment if placed near snow would seem foul by the contrast; so compared with John every man would seem impure; therefore…
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Rightly are they who are to be baptized said to go out to the Prophet; for unless one depart from sin, and renounce the pomp of the Devil, and the temptations of the world, he cannot receive a healing baptism.…
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.