John 4:1
When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)
Cross References
Luke 2:11because there was born to you to-day a Saviour — who is Christ the Lord — in the city of David,
Luke 19:34and they said, 'The Lord hath need of it;'
John 3:26and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'
1 Corinthians 2:8which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;
2 Corinthians 4:5for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus — Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
Revelation 19:16and he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh the name 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 →