John 4:3
He left Judea and went away into Galilee.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples),
4But He needed to pass through Samaria.
Cross References
Mark 3:7But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a large multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea
John 2:11This beginning of the signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
John 3:32And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.
John 11:54Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but He went away from there into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there He stayed 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 →