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Adam Clarke
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Matthew 3:5

Jordan - Many of the best MSS. and versions, with Mark 1:5, add , the river Jordan; but the definitive article, with which the word is generally accompanied, both in the Hebrew and the Greek, is, sufficient; and our article the, which should ever be used in the translation, expresses the force of the other.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 3:5:

Matthew 17:11
Mark 1:5
Luke 3:3

 

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