and there were going out unto him all the Judaea country and all they of Jerusalem, and were being immersed by him in the Jordan river, openly confessing their sins;
The law and the prophets, were until John,—from that time, the good news of the kingdom of God, is being proclaimed, and, everyone, thereinto, is forcing his way.
He was saying, therefore, unto the multitudes who were going forth to be immersed by him—Broods of vipers! who suggested to you, to flee from the coming wrath?