John 4:3
New International Version
So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.

New Living Translation
So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

English Standard Version
he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.

Berean Standard Bible
He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

Berean Literal Bible
He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.

King James Bible
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

New King James Version
He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.

New American Standard Bible
He left Judea and went away again to Galilee.

NASB 1995
He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.

NASB 1977
He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

Legacy Standard Bible
He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.

Amplified Bible
He left Judea and returned again to Galilee.

Christian Standard Bible
he left Judea and went again to Galilee.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He left Judea and went again to Galilee.

American Standard Version
he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he left Judea, and went on again to Galilee.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus left Judea and started for Galilee again.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He left Judea, and went again into Galilee.

English Revised Version
he left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So he left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.

Good News Translation
So when Jesus heard what was being said, he left Judea and went back to Galilee;

International Standard Version
he left Judea and went back to Galilee.

Literal Standard Version
He left Judea and went away again to Galilee,

Majority Standard Bible
He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

New American Bible
he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

NET Bible
he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.

New Revised Standard Version
he left Judea and started back to Galilee.

New Heart English Bible
he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

Webster's Bible Translation
He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

Weymouth New Testament
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.

World English Bible
he left Judea and departed into Galilee.

Young's Literal Translation
he left Judea and went away again to Galilee,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
2(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples), 3He left Judea and returned to Galilee. 4Now He had to pass through Samaria.…

Cross References
Luke 17:11
While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

John 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.

John 3:22
After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

John 4:47
When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

John 7:1
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.


Treasury of Scripture

He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

left.

John 3:32
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

John 10:40
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

John 11:54
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.

again.

John 1:43
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

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John 4
1. Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.
27. His disciples marvel.
31. He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.
39. Many Samaritans believe on him.
43. He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.














(3) Again.--This word is almost certainly part of the original text, though it is not found in some MSS. Its omission is due to a difficulty of interpretation. What is the previous return into Galilee? The only one mentioned in this Gospel is that of John 1:43. We have had another note of time in John 3:24, from which we learn that this Judaean period of the ministry preceded the imprisonment of John, and therefore the commencement of the Galilean ministry recorded in Matthew 4:12 (see Note there) and Mark 1:14. This second return, then, is the starting-point of the history of our Lord's work in Galilee as told by the earlier Gospels.

Verse 3. - He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. But it should be observed that ἀφῆκε is a very peculiar word for a simple departure. The verb ἀφίημι is used when καταλείπω might have been expected (Westcott). The word means "to leave a thing to itself," to its own ways, to treat it as no longer exercising an influence on the mind. (It is, with the noun ἄφφεσις, used for "forgive," "forgiveness," of sins.) Jesus left Judaea, which had so imperfectly accepted his claims. The word suggests that his departure was a consequence of the action of the Pharisees; And he departed again. This refers to the first departure after the early testimonies of John, when Jesus went to Cana and Capernaum (John 1:43). Whether this journey corresponded with that mentioned in Matthew and Mark, as following the baptism and temptation of Jesus, or not, it is not to be confounded with the journey which John had already recorded.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
He left
ἀφῆκεν (aphēken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

Judea
Ἰουδαίαν (Ioudaian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2449: Judea, a Roman province, capital Jerusalem. Feminine of Ioudaios; the Judaean land, a region of Palestine.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

returned
ἀπῆλθεν (apēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Galilee.
Γαλιλαίαν (Galilaian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1056: Of Hebrew origin; Galiloea, a region of Palestine.


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