John 4:1
Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John
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2(although it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples),
Cross References
Luke 2:11For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 19:34They said, “The Lord has need of it.”
John 3:26So John's disciples came and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with yoʋ beyond the Jordan, about whom yoʋ have testified, behold, he is baptizing people, and everyone is going to him.”
1 Corinthians 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood this wisdom, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:5For what we preach is not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
Revelation 19:16On his garment and on his thigh a name is 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 →