John 10:40
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
King James Version
In Context
39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
Cross References
John 1:28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 7:1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Matthew Henry on John 10:40-42
Christ Retires beyond Jordan. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there. We have here the issue of the conference with the Jews. One would have thought it would have convinced and melted them, but their hearts were hardened. Here… Read the whole commentary →