John 4:3
he left Judea and went away to Galilee.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(although it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples),
4But he had to pass through Samaria.
Cross References
Mark 3:7But Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and also from Judea,
John 2:11Jesus did this in Cana of Galilee as the first of his signs. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
John 3:32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
John 11:54Therefore Jesus no longer went around openly among the Jews. Instead, he departed from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he spent time with his 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 →