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John 3:22

The Pulpit Commentary on John 3:22

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

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 day doing good.

2. He baptized disciples.

II. MARK THE SUCCESS OF HIS COUNTRY MINISTRY. The baptisms implied that he had collected disciples. "All men come unto him." The success that was denied to him in Jerusalem was most marked in the places where the representatives of the reigning Pharisaism had no place.

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