John 4:1

Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

4¹ Jesus realized that the Pharisees were keeping count of the baptisms that he and John performed

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 4:1

Commentary on John 4:1-3

(Read John 4:1-3)

Jesus applied himself more to preaching, which was the more excellent, 1 Corinthians 1:17, than to baptism. He would put honour upon his disciples, by employing them to baptize. He teaches us that the benefit of sacraments depends not on the hand that administers them.