John 4:3
he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(though Jesus himself was not accustomed to baptize, but his disciples),
4Now he had to pass through Samaria;
Cross References
Mark 3:7Then Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great crowd of people from Galilee followed.
John 2:11This beginning of signs Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and showed forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him there.
John 3:32He bears testimony to what he has heard and seen, yet no one receives his testimony.
John 11:54Jesus therefore no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went away from there into the region near the desert to a town called Ephraim,
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 →