40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed,
40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.
40 He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and stayed there.
40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed.
40 He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 10:40
Commentary on John 10:39-42
(Read John 10:39-42)
No weapon formed against our Lord Jesus shall prosper. He escaped, not because he was afraid to suffer, but because his hour was not come. And He who knew how to deliver himself, knows how to deliver the godly our of their temptations, and to make a way for them to escape. Persecutors may drive Christ and his gospel our of their own city or country, but they cannot drive him or it out of the world. When we know Christ by faith in our hearts, we find all that the Scripture saith of him is true.