μετὰ ταῦτα, subsequent to the ministry in Jerusalem Jesus and His disciples came εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν γῆν, “into the Judaean country,” the rural parts in contradistinction to the metropolis. “Nam quum ex Judaeae metropoli exiret Jesus, non poterat simpliciter dici proficisci in Judaeam; … maluimus ergo territorium convertere quam terram,” Beza. So in Joshua 8:1 (Codex Ambrosianus), “I have given into thy hand the King of Gai καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ ”. Cf. also John 11:54. καὶ εῖἐκ διέτριβεν, “and there He spent some time with them”; whether weeks or months depends on the interpretation of John 4:35. καὶ ἐβάπτιζεν, that is, His disciples baptised, John 4:2.

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