John 4:1
When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus makes and baptises more disciples than John
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2(however, Jesus himself did not baptise, but his disciples),
Cross References
Luke 2:11for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ [the] Lord.
Luke 19:34And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.
John 3:26And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him.
1 Corinthians 2:8which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.
Revelation 19:16And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.
Matthew Henry on John 4:1
It was, more than any thing else, the glory of the land of Israel, that it was Emmanuel's land ( Isa. viii. 8 ), not only the place of his birth, but the scene of his preaching and miracles. This land in our Saviour's time was divided into three parts: Judea in the south, Galilee in the north, and Samaria lying between them. Now, in this chapter, we have Christ in each of these three parts of that land. I. Departing out of Judea, ver. 1-3 . II. Passing through Samaria, which, though a visit in transitu, here takes… Read the whole commentary →