Matthew 4:12
Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
In Context
11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
Cross References
Mark 1:14After John was put in prison, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God
Luke 3:20Herod added this to everything else: He locked John up in prison.
Luke 4:31Then he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began teaching the people.
John 4:43After two days, he departed from there and went to Galilee.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →