Matthew Poole and continuators on John 10:40

40 And went away again beyond Jordan, into the place where John at first baptized : and there he abode .

Christs time was not yet come when he should be betrayed, and Crucified; it was yet three months and more to it; He saw the Iews at Ierusalem were in such a rage and fury, that there was no staying in that place: He goes beyond Iordan to Bethabara, where he found Iohn at first Baptizing, Iohn 1.28. before he Baptized in Enon near Salim: Chap. 3.23. See the Notes on Iohn 1.28. Possibly he chose that place, as being a place where Iohn had been preparing a way for him, by turning mens hearts in some measure for receiving the Gospel, and pointing out Christ to his Disciples, as the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the World.

How long he abode there, we cannot tell; probably, till he took his last journey from Galilee to Ierusalem, of which the other Evange[illegible: 1 letter]ists speak, Matth. 20.17. Mark 10.32. Luke 18.31. What he did in Galile[illegible: 1 letter] during these three months, Iohn reports not, onely saith,