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(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, just his disciples),[a] he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

The Samaritan Woman. He had to[b] pass through Samaria.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:2 An editorial refinement of Jn 3:22, perhaps directed against followers of John the Baptist who claimed that Jesus imitated him.
  2. 4:4 He had to: a theological necessity; geographically, Jews often bypassed Samaria by taking a route across the Jordan.

although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea(A) and went back once more to Galilee.

Now he had to go through Samaria.(B)

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