Tree of Life Version
John 4:3
3So He left Judea and went back again to the Galilee.
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
1Now Yeshua knew that the Pharisees heard that He was making and immersing more disciples than John. 2(Although Yeshua Himself was not immersing, His disciples were.) So He left Judea and went back again to the Galilee. 4But He needed to pass through Samaria. 5So He comes to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Read all of John 4John 4:3 word by word
ἀφῆκεν τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ ἀπῆλθεν πάλιν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for John 4:3
- John 3:32And what He has seen and heard, He testifies to that; yet no one receives His testimony.
- John 10:40Again He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first started immersing, and He stayed there.
- John 11:54Therefore Yeshua no longer walked openly among the Judeans, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with His disciples.
- Matthew 10:23Whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. Amen, I tell you, you will never finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- Mark 3:7Yeshua withdrew to the sea with His disciples, and a large crowd from the Galilee followed. From Judea,
- John 1:43The next day, Yeshua decided to go to the Galilee. He finds Philip and says to 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
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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
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