John 4:3
he left Jihuda, and came again into Galila.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(though it was not Jeshu himself baptized, but his disciples,)
4AND he needed that in going he should pass through among the Shomroyee;
Cross References
Mark 3:7And Jeshu with his disciples went towards the sea: and many people joined him from Galila, and from Jehud,
John 2:11This is the first sign that Jeshu wrought in Kotna of Galila, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John 3:32And what he hath seen and heard he testifieth, and his testimony no man receiveth.
John 11:54But Jeshu himself walked not openly among the Jihudoyee, but went from thence to the region near the wilderness, to a region which was called Ephrem, and there conversed 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 →