God & Savior

John 3:22

After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
John 3:22
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Study notes

Jesus and His disciples go out into the Judean countryside, where He spends time with them and baptizes.

Explanation

The scene moves from Jerusalem to the countryside of Judea. John later clarifies that Jesus' disciples did the baptizing, not Jesus Himself (4:2).

Original language
  • Ἰουδαίαν (Ioudaian): Jewish
    Greek · Adjective, accusative, singular, feminine · Strong's G2453 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Judean.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:22, word 12

  • διέτριβεν (dietriben): to remain
    Greek · Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G1304 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Was staying or spending time.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:22, word 16

  • ἐβάπτιζεν (ebaptizen): to baptize
    Greek · Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G0907 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Was baptizing.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 3:22, word 20

Places
  • Judea
    Named in this verse · Location: unknown

    Named here as the countryside where Jesus stayed with His disciples.

    The southern region around Jerusalem.

Cross-references
  • John 4:1-2 · Surrounding passage

    John explains that Jesus' disciples did the baptizing.

Connected events
  • John the Baptist's last testimony about Jesus
    This verse is part of it

    This verse is part of John's testimony.

    John 3:22-36

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν γῆν, καὶ ἐκεῖ διέτριβεν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐβάπτιζεν.

  1. ΜετὰMeta“After”
    Preposition · from μετά · “with/after” · Strong's G3326
  2. ταῦταtauta“these things”
    Demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  3. ἦλθενēlthen“came”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔρχομαι · “to come/go” · Strong's G2064
  4. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. ἸησοῦςIēsous“Jesus”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  6. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  7. οἱhoi“the”
    Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  8. μαθηταὶmathētai“disciples”
    Noun, nominative, plural, masculine · from μαθητής · “disciple” · Strong's G3101
  9. αὐτοῦautou“of Him”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  10. εἰςeis“into”
    Preposition · “toward” · Strong's G1519
  11. τὴνtēn“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  12. ἸουδαίανIoudaian“Judean”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, feminine · from Ἰουδαῖος · “Jewish” · Strong's G2453
  13. γῆν,gēn“land,”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from γῆ · “earth” · Strong's G1093H
  14. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  15. ἐκεῖekei“there”
    Adverb · “there” · Strong's G1563
  16. διέτριβενdietriben“He was staying”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from διατρίβω · “to remain” · Strong's G1304
  17. μετ᾽met᾽“with”
    Preposition · from μετά · “with/after” · Strong's G3326
  18. αὐτῶνautōn“them”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  19. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  20. ἐβάπτιζεν.ebaptizen“was baptizing.”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from βαπτίζω · “to baptize” · Strong's G0907
Places named in this verse
  • Prepared by the God & Savior team. Not yet reviewed by an editor.
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)