John 4:3
he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),
4But it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
Cross References
Mark 3:7Then Jesus, with his disciples, went to the sea, and a great crowd of people followed from Galilee and from Judea
John 2:11This first sign Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
John 3:32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
John 11:54No longer did Jesus walk openly among the Jews, but he departed from there into the country near to the wilderness into a town called Ephraim. There he stayed with the 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 →