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

1Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John. 2(Actually, Jesus was not baptizing people. His disciples were.) So he left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee. 4Jesus had to go through Samaria. 5He arrived at a city in Samaria called Sychar. Sychar was near the piece of land that Jacob had given to 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 3:32and tells what he has seen and heard. Yet, no one accepts what he says.
• John 10:40He went back across the Jordan River and stayed in the place where John first baptized people.
• John 11:54So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he left Bethany and went to the countryside near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
• Matthew 10:23So when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. I can guarantee this truth: Before you have gone through every city in Israel, the Son of Man will come.
• Mark 3:7Jesus left with his disciples for the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
• John 1:43The next day Jesus wanted to go to 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