John 4:1
And Jesus knew, that the Pharisees had heard; that he made many disciples, and baptized more than John.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2Yet Jesus himself did not baptize but his disciples.
Cross References
Luke 2:11For there is born to you this day a deliverer, who is the Lord Messiah, in the city of David
Luke 19:34And they said: Because our Lord needeth him.
John 3:26And they came to John, and said to him: Our Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond Jordan, and of whom thou gavest testimony, lo, he also baptizeth; and many go after him.
1 Corinthians 2:8which no one of the potentates of this world knew; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:5For it is not ourselves that we preach, but the Messiah, Jesus our Lord; and, as to ourselves, that we are your servants for Jesus' sake.
Revelation 19:16And he hath upon his vesture and upon his thigh the words 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 →