John 4:3

John 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
• New International Version (NIV)So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.

Context of John 4:3

1When Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2(though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), he left Judea and went again to Galilee. 4He had to travel through Samaria; 5so he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph.

John 4:3 word by word

ἀφῆκεν τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ ἀπῆλθεν πάλιν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
• Judeaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JudeaἸουδαίαIoudaia · JudeaG2449
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• departedἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• GalileeΓαλιλαίαGalilaia · GalileeG1056

Cross-references for John 4:3

• John 3:32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony.
• John 10:40So he departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.
• John 11:54Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and he stayed there with the disciples.
• Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
• Mark 3:7Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and a large crowd followed from Judea,
• John 1:43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip and told him, “Follow me.”

Commentaries on John 4:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He left Judea - The envy and malice of the Pharisees he might have known were growing so rapidly as to endanger his life. As his time to die had not yet come, he retired to Galilee, a country farther from Jerusalem, and much less under their control than Judea. See Mark 2:22; Luke 3:1. Though he feared not death and did not shrink from suffering, yet he did not needlessly throw himself into danger or provoke opposition. He could do as much good in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3After John the Baptist had been imprisoned, Jesus left Judea (see Mark 6:14–29; compare Mark 1:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-421-4. the Lord knew--not by report, but in the sense of Joh 2:25, for which reason He is here styled "the Lord."Read the comment

Topics related to John 4:3

• Canaan
• Galilee
• Jesus, the Christ
• Roads
• Samaria
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Galilee
• Judea
• Judaea, or Judea
• Galilee, Galilean
• Judea, Judah
• Dealing
• Ere
• God
• Hear
• Live

Commentaries on John 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings