John 4:1
Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John
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2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),
Cross References
Luke 2:11Today a savior was born for you in the city of David! He is Christ the Lord!
Luke 19:34They said, “The Lord has need of it.”
John 3:26They went to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you have testified, look, he is baptizing, and they are all going to him.”
1 Corinthians 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
Revelation 19:16He has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: “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 →