John 4:3
He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),
4And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
Cross References
Mark 3:7And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,
John 2:11This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.
John 3:32He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.
John 11:54So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the 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 →