40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
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These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-42)We have here the issue of the conference with the Jews. One would have thought it would have convinced and melted them, but their hearts were hardened. Here we are told, I. How they attacked him by force. Therefore they sought again to take him , John 10:39. Therefore, 1. Because he had fully answered their charge of blasphemy, and wiped off that imputation, so that they could not for shame go on…
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