John 10:40

Then Jesus again crossed the Jordan to the place where John used to baptize at first, and stayed there some time, during which many people came to see him.

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In The King James Version

And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

In Context

39The authorities again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.

41“John gave no sign of his mission,” they said. “But everything that he said about this man was true.”

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Cross References

John 1:28This happened at Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 7:1After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the religious authorities (in Jerusalem) were eager to put him to death.

Matthew Henry on John 10:40-42

Christ Retires beyond Jordan. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there. We have here the issue of the conference with the Jews. One would have thought it would have convinced and melted them, but their hearts were hardened. Here… Read the whole commentary →

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