John 4:3
he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(although Jesus himself did not immerse, but his disciples),
4And it was necessary for him to pass through Samaria.
Cross References
Mark 3:7And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him.
John 2:11This is the beginning of the signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and he manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
John 3:32And what he has seen and heard, of this he testifies, and no man receives his testimony.
John 11:54Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the region near the wilderness into a city called Ephraim, and he stayed there with his disciples.
Matthew Henry on John 4:2-4
Christ's Journey into Galilee. 1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee. We read of Christ's coming into Judea ( ch. iii. 22 ), after he had kept the feast at Jerusalem; and now he left Judea four months before harvest, as is said here ( v. 35 ); so that it is computed that he staid in Judea about six months, to build upon the foundation… Read the whole commentary →