John 4:1
But when Jeshu knew that the Pharishee had heard that he had made many disciples, and baptized more than Juchanon,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
2(though it was not Jeshu himself baptized, but his disciples,)
Cross References
Luke 2:11for there is born for you to-day the Redeemer, who is the Lord the Meshicha, in the city of David.
Luke 19:34And they said to them, Because by our Lord it is requested.
John 3:26And they came to Juchanon, and said to him, Raban, he who was with thee at the passage of Jurdan, (and) concerning whom thou didst give witness, he also baptizeth, and many come to him.
1 Corinthians 2:8which not one of the authorities of this world hath known; for if they had known it, the Lord of glory they would not have crucified.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but the Meshiha, Jeshu our Lord; but ourselves that we are your servants for the sake of Jeshu.
Revelation 19:16And he had upon his vestment and upon his thigh the name written, 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 →