John 4:3
he left Judea and went away again to Galilee,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
In Context
2(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)
4and it was behoving him to go through Samaria.
Cross References
Mark 3:7And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,
John 2:11This beginning of the signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him;
John 3:32'And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;
John 11:54Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.
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 →