John 3:22

John 3:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
• New International Version (NIV)After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized.

Context of John 3:22

20People who do what is wrong hate the light and don’t come to the light. They don’t want their actions to be exposed. 21But people who do what is true come to the light so that the things they do for God may be clearly seen. Later, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them and baptized people. 23John was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim. Water was plentiful there. (People came to John to be baptized, 24since John had not yet been put in prison.)

John 3:22 word by word

Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν γῆν, καὶ ἐκεῖ διέτριβεν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐβάπτιζεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• of JudeaἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• he tarriedδιατρίβωdiatribō · to remainG1304
• baptizedβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907

Cross-references for John 3:22

• John 2:13The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.
• John 4:3So he left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.
• John 7:3So Jesus’ brothers told him, “Leave this place, and go to Judea so that your disciples can see the things that you’re doing.
• John 3:26So they went to John and asked him, “Rabbi, do you remember the man you spoke so favorably about when he was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? Well, he’s baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
• John 4:1Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John.

Commentaries on John 3:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Came - into the land of Judea - Jerusalem itself, where Christ held the preceding discourse with Nicodemus, was in Judea; but the evangelist means that our Lord quitted the city and its suburbs, and went into the country parts. The same distinction between Jerusalem and Judea is made, Acts 1:8; Acts 10:39; and in 1 Maccabees 3:34; and in 2 Maccabees 1:1, 10. See Bp. Pearce. And baptized - It is not clear that Christ did baptize any with water, but his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Land of Judea - The region round about Jerusalem. And baptized - Jesus did not Himself administer the ordinance of baptism, but his disciples did it by his direction and authority, John 4:2.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-36Verses 22-36 John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned him; but Jesus came on a more important work. He also knew that Jesus would increase in honour and influence, for of his government and peace there would be no end, while he himself would be less followed. John knew that Jesus came from heaven as the Son of God, while he was a sinful, mortal man, who could only speak about the more plain subjects of religion. The words of Jesus were…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22He spent some time with them and baptized: See John 4:2, which explains that the disciples of Jesus were the ones who baptized people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-3622-24. land of Judea--the rural parts of that province, the foregoing conversation being held in the capital. baptized--in the sense explained in Joh 4:2.Read the comment

Topics related to John 3:22

• Baptism
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Judea
• Judaea, or Judea
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Judea, Judah
• Born
• Condemn
• Condemnation
• Darkness
• Decrease

Commentaries on John 3

• 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