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 the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John 2(though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did). So he left Judea and returned to Galilee. 4He had to go through Samaria on the way. 5Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave 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 3:32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!
• John 10:40He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile.
• John 11:54As a result, Jesus stopped his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
• Matthew 10:23When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.
• Mark 3:7Jesus went out to the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed him. They came from all over Galilee, Judea,
• John 1:43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, 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