John 4:3
he left Judea and departed into Galilee.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(although Yeshua himself didn’t immerse, but his disciples),
4He needed to pass through Samaria.
Cross References
Mark 3:7Yeshua withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
John 2:11This beginning of his signs Yeshua did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John 3:32What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
John 11:54Yeshua therefore walked no more openly among the Judeans, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there 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 →