John 4:1
When therefore the LORD knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus makes and immerses more disciples than John,
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2(though indeed Jesus Himself was not immersing, but His disciples),
Cross References
Luke 2:11because today in the city of David a Savior was born to you, who is Christ the LORD!
Luke 19:34And they said, “The LORD has need of it”;
John 3:26and they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified, behold, this One is immersing, and all are coming to Him.”
1 Corinthians 2:8which no one of the rulers of this age knew, for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory;
2 Corinthians 4:5for we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus—LORD, and [we are] ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
Revelation 19:16and He has on the garment and on His thigh the name written: “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
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 →