John 4:3
1 When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 Now He had to pass through Samaria.
5 So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
- KJV
- He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.
- WEB
- he left Judea and departed into Galilee.
- ASV
- he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
- DARBY
- he left Judaea and went away again unto Galilee.
- BLB
- He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.
- ÅB
- da forlot han Judea og dro igjen bort til Galilea.
- OTB
- forlot han Judea og dro igjen til Galilea.
- B1930
- da forlot han Judea og drog atter bort til Galilea.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Read in contextJohn 11:54
As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
Read in contextJohn 3:22
After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
Read in contextJohn 10:40
Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
Read in contextJohn 2:11
Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
Read in contextJohn 3:32
He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
Read in contextMark 3:7
So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
Read in contextJohn 1:43
The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
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