John 4:3
he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(although it wasn't Jesus who was baptizing, but his disciples),
4On the way he had to pass through Samaria.
Cross References
Mark 3:7Meanwhile Jesus returned to the Sea, and a large crowd followed him. They were from Galilee, Judea,
John 2:11This was the very first of Jesus' miraculous signs, and was performed in Cana of Galilee. Here he revealed his glory, and his disciples put their trust in him.
John 3:32He gives evidence about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts what he has to say.
John 11:54So Jesus did not travel openly among the Jews but went to a town called Ephraim in the region near the desert and 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 →