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(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were), He left Judea and returned again to Galilee. Now [a]He had to go through [b]Samaria.

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:4 Jesus went through Samaria to show that He is the Savior of all people.
  2. John 4:4 Samaria was centrally located between Judea (south) and Galilee (north). The Jews despised Samaritans because they were Jews who had intermarried with non-Jews and followed a heretical religion. Most Jews traveled out of their way to avoid Samaria.

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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