Matthew 4:12

But when Jesus had heard that John was taken (captive), he went into Galilee.

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In The King James Version

Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

In Context

11Then the fiend [or the devil] left him; and lo! angels came nigh, and served to him (or and ministered to him).

13And he left the city of Nazareth, and came, and dwelt in the city of Capernaum, beside the sea, in the coasts of Zabulon and Nephthalim (or of Zebulun and Naphtali),

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Cross References

Mark 1:14But after that John was taken, Jesus came into Galilee, and preached the gospel of the kingdom of God, (But after that John was taken captive, Jesus came to Galilee, and preached the Gospel, or the Good News, of the Kingdom of God,)

Luke 3:20he increased this over all (or he added something even worse), and shut John in prison.

Luke 4:31and he came down into Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and there he taught them in (or on) [the] sabbaths.

John 4:43And after two days he went out from thence, and went into 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 →

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