John 3:22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 3:22-36

In these verses we have, I. Christ's removal into the land of Judea (John 3:22), and there he tarried with his disciples. Observe, 1. Our Lord Jesus, after he entered upon his public work, travelled much, and removed often, as the patriarchs in their sojournings. As it was a good part of his humiliation that he had no certain dwelling-place, but was, as Paul, in journeyings often, so it was an instance of his unwearied industry, in the work for which he came into the world, that he went about... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 3:22-30

3:22-30 After these things Jesus and his disciples went to the district of Judaea. He spent some time there with them, and he was baptizing; and John was baptizing at Ainon, near Salem, because there was much water there. The people kept coming to him and being baptized, for John had not yet been thrown into prison. A discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew about the matter of cleansing. So they came to John and said to him: "Rabbi, look now! The man who was with you on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 3:22

After these things ,.... After Christ's coming to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, with his disciples, and driving the buyers and sellers from the temple, and doing the miracles he did there, upon which many believed on him; and after the long discourse he had with Nicodemus, concerning regeneration, and other things: came Jesus and his disciples, into the land of Judea ; or "into Judea the country", having been in Jerusalem, the city part or chief city in Judea; so that the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:22

Came - into the land of Judea - Jerusalem itself, where Christ held the preceding discourse with Nicodemus, was in Judea; but the evangelist means that our Lord quitted the city and its suburbs, and went into the country parts. The same distinction between Jerusalem and Judea is made, Acts 1:8 ; Acts 10:39 ; and in 1 Maccabees 3:34; and in 2 Maccabees 1:1, 10. See Bp. Pearce. And baptized - It is not clear that Christ did baptize any with water, but his disciples did - John 4:2 ;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:22

Verse 22 22.After these things came Jesus. It is probable that Christ, when the feast was past, came into that part of Judea which was in the vicinity of the town Enon, which was situated in the tribe of Manasseh. The Evangelist says that there were many waters there, and these were not so abundant in Judea. Now geographers tell us, that these two towns, Enon and Salim, were not far from the confluence of the river Jordan and the brook Jabbok; and they add that Scythopolis was near them. From... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:1-36

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:22

With this verse a new departure is taken, and circumstances are described which indirectly, rather than explicitly, indicate the manner of our Lord's ministry for the larger part of a year; and they furnish opportunity for recording the last great public utterance of John the Baptist, with all its special difficulties of chronology and doctrine. After these things , related in the previous paragraphs; after, that is, the scene in the temple, and the demand for a sign, and the typical... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:22

The ministry of our Lord in the country districts of Judaea. I. MARK THE INCESSANT ACTIVITY OF OUR LORD . "After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized." 1 . He passed from the city to the country, finding, perhaps, a happy change in the simplicity and docility off the peasantry. If he is rejected in Jerusalem, he will appeal to the people of Judaea outside the religious centre. He went about every... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.