John 4:1
AS soon then as the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised more disciples than John
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2(though Jesus himself did not baptise, but his disciples),
Cross References
Luke 2:11Because this day there is born for you a Saviour, which is Messiah, 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 that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, lo! this man baptiseth, and all men come to him.
1 Corinthians 2:8which none of the rulers of this world have known: for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
Revelation 19:16And he hath upon his vesture and upon his thigh this 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 →