Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
Parallel translations
- KJV Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
- BSB When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.
- NKJV Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee.
- NASB Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee;
- NLT When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Mark 1:14Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,
- Luke 3:20added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
- Matt 14:3For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
- Luke 4:14Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
- Mark 6:17For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.
- John 3:24For John was not yet thrown into prison.
- John 4:54This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
- Luke 4:31He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
- John 4:43After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'
How Matthew 4:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.