Matthew 3:5-6

3:5 Then people from Jerusalem, ¹  as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him, 3:6 and he was baptizing them ²  in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

[3:5]  ¹ tn Grk “Then Jerusalem.”

[3:6]  ² tn Grk “they were being baptized by him.” The passive construction has been rendered as active in the translation for the sake of English style.