He left Judea and went away again to Galilee.
Parallel translations
- WEB he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.
- KJV He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
- BSB He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
- NKJV He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.
- NLT So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
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Jesus left Judea and set out again for Galilee. His movement away from rising opposition leads him toward Samaria.
Overview
Withdrawing from Judea, Jesus follows a path that John frames as divinely purposed. The journey to Galilee becomes the occasion for the Samaritan ministry. It illustrates how Jesus' travels serve God's wider redemptive plan.
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Cross-references · 8
- Matt 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
- John 10:40He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.
- John 3:22After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized.
- John 11:54Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
- John 3:32What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
- John 2:11This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
- John 1:43On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”
- Mark 3:7Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
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