John 4:2

(although Jesus Himself wasn’t baptizing, but His disciples were),

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(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

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1Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

3He left Judea, and went back towards Galilee.

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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 →

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