Luk 3:3 | RWP | e4.org | All the region round about Jordan ( πασαν περιχωρον του Ιορδανου ). The wilderness was John's abode ( ) so that he began preaching where he was. It was the plain ( .) or valley of the Jordan, El Ghor, as far north as Succoth ( ). Sometimes he was on the eastern bank of the Jordan ( ), though usually on the west side. His baptizing kept him near the river. The baptism of repentance unto remission of sins ( βαπτισμα μετανοιας εις αφεσιν αμαρτιων ). The same phrase as in , which see for discussion of these important words. The word remission ( αφεσις ) "occurs in Luke more frequently than in all the other New Testament writers combined" (Vincent). In medical writers it is used for the relaxing of disease.

‏ Luke 3:3

All the region round about Jordan ( πασαν περιχωρον του Ιορδανου ). The wilderness was John's abode (1:80) so that he began preaching where he was. It was the plain (Ge 13:10f.) or valley of the Jordan, El Ghor, as far north as Succoth (2Ch 4:17). Sometimes he was on the eastern bank of the Jordan (Joh 10:40), though usually on the west side. His baptizing kept him near the river.

The baptism of repentance unto remission of sins ( βαπτισμα μετανοιας εις αφεσιν αμαρτιων ). The same phrase as in Mr 1:4, which see for discussion of these important words. The word remission ( αφεσις ) "occurs in Luke more frequently than in all the other New Testament writers combined" (Vincent). In medical writers it is used for the relaxing of disease.