John 4:1
Thus when the Lord knew when the Pharisees heard that Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2(truly Jesus himself was not baptizing, but His disciples),
Cross References
Luke 2:11because this day a Savior is born unto you, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.
Luke 19:34And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
John 3:26And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, He who is with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all are coming to Him.
1 Corinthians 2:8which no one of the princes of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
Revelation 19:16And he has on his vesture and on his thigh a 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 →