John 4:3
He left Judea, and went back towards Galilee.
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In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(although Jesus Himself wasn’t baptizing, but His disciples were),
4He had to go through Samaria.
Cross References
John 2:11Jesus did this beginning of signs in Cana of Galilee. He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
John 3:32He testifies about what He has seen and heard, but no one accepts His testimony.
John 11:54Therefore Jesus stopped walking publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there He stayed with the 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 →