1When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
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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 came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ:(he is Lord of all:)
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)We read of Christ’s coming into Judea (John 3:22), after he had kept the feast at Jerusalem; and now he left Judea four months before harvest, as is said here (John 4:35); so that it is computed that he staid in Judea about six months, to build upon the foundation John had laid there. We have no particular account of his sermons and miracles there, only in general, John 4:1. I. That he made discip…
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