John 4:4

And it behooved Him to go through Samaria.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And he must needs go through Samaria.

In Context

3He left Judea and came again into Galilee.

5Then He comes into a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the place which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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Cross References

Luke 2:49And He said to them, Why were you seeking after me? Did you not know that it behooved me to be in the affairs of my Father?

Luke 17:11And it came to pass, while He was journeying to Jerusalem, and He was going through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

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 →

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