John 4:1
Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and was baptizing more disciples than John
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
2(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples),
Cross References
Luke 2:11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 19:34And they said, “The Lord has need of him.”
John 3:26And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, this Man is baptizing, and all men are coming to Him!”
1 Corinthians 2:8which none of the rulers of this age understood (for had they understood, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory).
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.
Revelation 19:16And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name having been written: 1 KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. 1 The Beast and His Armies Defeated
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 →