John Trapp on Matthew 3:5

[illegible: 1 word] 5. Then went out to him Ierusalem] Hitherto the prosopography of [illegible: 1 word] Baptist: Follows now the resort that was made unto him; for by his divine doctrine and austere life, he had merited among many to be taken for the Messiah, Joh. 1. And all Iudea] That is, very many, as the word (All) is manySee Wilsons [illegible: 1 word]. times elswhere taken in the new Testament. And all the [illegible: 1 word] round about Iordan.] Stirred up by the noise of that new preacher. So sundry amongst us will be content [illegible: 1 word] hear, if there, goe a great report of the man; or, if he deliver some new Doctrine; or, deal in deep points, as Herod, Lu. 23. 8. But these soon grow weary, and fall off, as those Jews did from Iohn, for the which they were justly taxed by our [illegible: 1 word].Joh. 5. 35. Math. 11.