Matthew Poole and continuators on John 3:22

22 ¶ After these things , came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea , and there he [illegible: 1 letter]arried with them, and baptized .

Soon after our Saviour had had the forementioned conference with Nicodemus, which it is believed he had at Hierusalem, not (as some think) in Galilee; for then Nicodemus would hardly have come to him by Night;

he came into the Land of Iudea; he had before been in the Province of Iudea, and in the Metropolis, or great City of Iudea, which was Hierusalem; but now he goeth into the Country of Iudea. Iudah and Hierusalem are often mentioned distinctly. The chief City of a Country is oft distinguished from the Country, tho within the same Province and Tribe, see Iosh. 8.1. The King of Ai, his City and his Land, and in particular as to Hierusalem, 2 Chron. 11.14. and 20.17. and 36.23. Ezr. [illegible: 1 letter].1. Luke 5.17. and 6.17. Christ and his Disciples went into the Country-part of Iudea,

and there he tarried with them, and baptized by his Disciples; for himself personally baptized none. But as in our common Speech, so in the Language of Scripture, there is nothing more ordinary than for persons to be said themselves to do, what they do by others, 1 Sam. 26.11, 12. 2 Kings 22.16. 2 Chron. 34.24. Acts 7.51.

Marginal references: Chap. 4.2.