Matthew 4:12
When Jesus heard that John had been committed to prison, he retired to Galilee.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
In Context
11Then the Devil left him alone, and angels came and ministered to him.
Cross References
Mark 1:14After John had been committed to prison, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the Good News of God —
Luke 3:20crowned them all by shutting John up in prison.
Luke 4:31Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. On the Sabbath he taught the people.
John 4:43After these two days Jesus went on to Galilee;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:2-12
The Temptation of Christ. 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a… Read the whole commentary →