John 4:2

Yet Jesus himself did not baptize but his disciples.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

In Context

1And Jesus knew, that the Pharisees had heard; that he made many disciples, and baptized more than John.

3And he left Judaea, and went again into Galilee.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:13Now was Messiah divided? Or was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

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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