John 4:2

Easy-to-Read Version

(But really, Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; his followers baptized people for him.)

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
(though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

King James Version (1611)
(Though Iesus himselfe baptized not, but his disciples:)

King James Version
(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

English Standard Version
(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),

New American Standard Bible
(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing; rather, His disciples were),

New Century Version
although Jesus himself did not baptize people, but his followers did.

Amplified Bible
(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

New American Standard Bible (1995)
(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

Legacy Standard Bible
(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

Berean Standard Bible
(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus' disciples were really the ones doing the baptizing, and not Jesus himself.

Complete Jewish Bible
(although it was not Yeshua himself who immersed but his talmidim),

Darby Translation
(however, Jesus himself did not baptise, but his disciples),

Geneva Bible (1587)
(Though Iesus himselfe baptized not: but his disciples)

George Lamsa Translation
Though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples;

Good News Translation
(Actually, Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; only his disciples did.)

Lexham English Bible
(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples),

Literal Translation
(though truly Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),

American Standard Version
(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),

Bible in Basic English
(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

Hebrew Names Version
(although Yeshua himself didn't immerse, but his talmidim),

International Standard Version
although it was not Jesus who did the baptizing but his disciples -

Etheridge Translation
(though it was not Jeshu himself baptized, but his disciples,)

Murdock Translation
Yet Jesus himself did not baptize but his disciples.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(Though that Iesus hym selfe baptized not, but his disciples:)

English Revised Version
(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),

World English Bible
(although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples),

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(Tho' Jesus himself batized not;

Weymouth's New Testament
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thouy Jhesus baptiside not, but hise disciplis, he lefte Judee,

Update Bible Version
-although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples-

Webster's Bible Translation
(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

New English Translation
(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

New King James Version
(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),

New Living Translation
(though Jesus himself didn't baptize them—his disciples did).

New Life Bible
Jesus did not baptize anyone Himself but His followers did.

New Revised Standard
—although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
although indeed, Jesus himself, was not immersing, but his disciples,

Douay-Rheims Bible
(Though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples),

Revised Standard Version
(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
(though that Iesus him selfe baptised not: but his disciples)

Young's Literal Translation
(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(howbeit Iesus himself baptysed not, but his disciples)

Mace New Testament (1729)
(though Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples) he left Judea,

Simplified Cowboy Version
(Well, Jesus didn't do the baptizing, his cowboys did.)

Contextual Overview

¹ Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard the report that he was making and baptizing more followers than John. ² (But really, Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; his followers baptized people for him.) ³ So he left Judea and went back to Galilee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 10:48, 1 Corinthians 1:13-17

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 20:9 - I will John 3:22 - and baptized 1 Corinthians 1:17 - not to Hebrews 6:2 - the doctrine

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God forced the man out of the Garden of Eden to work the ground he was made from.

Genesis 4:25
Adam again had sexual relations with his wife, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth. Eve said, "God has given me another son. Cain killed Abel, but now I have Seth."

Genesis 4:26
Seth also had a son. He named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .

Genesis 9:20
Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard.

Genesis 37:13
Jacob said to Joseph, "Go to Shechem. Your brothers are there with my sheep." Joseph answered, "I will go."

Genesis 47:3
Pharaoh said to the brothers, "What work do you do?" The brothers said to Pharaoh, "Sir, we are shepherds, just as our ancestors were shepherds before us."

Exodus 3:1
Moses' father-in-law was named Jethro. Jethro was a priest of Midian. Moses took care of Jethro's sheep. One day Moses led the sheep to the west side of the desert. He went to a mountain called Horeb, the mountain of God.

Psalms 127:3
Children are a gift from the Lord , a reward from a mother's womb.

Amos 7:15
I was a shepherd and the Lord took me from following the sheep. The Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

Luke 11:51
You will be punished for the killing of Abel. And you will be punished for the killing of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I tell you that you people will be punished for them all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Though Jesus himself baptized not,.... And therefore as Nonnus observes, it was a false report that was made to the Pharisees; at least in part, so far as concerns the act of baptizing: though it may be this is observed, not so much to show the falsehood of that report, as to correct what is said of Christ's baptizing; lest it should be understood, as if he baptized in his own person; whereas he did not, that not so, well comporting with his greatness and majesty: wherefore "the king did not baptize in water", as Nonnus expresses it, but left that for his disciples and servants to do; he had other and greater work to perform, as to preach the Gospel, and work miracles, heal diseases, cast out devils, c. And besides, had another sort of baptism, of a more excellent nature to administer, namely, the baptism of the Spirit and since water baptism is administered in his name, as well as in the name of the Father and of the Spirit, it does not seem that it would have been administered with that propriety by himself, in his own name; add to which, as is also observed by others, it might have occasioned contentions and disputes among the baptized, had some, been baptized by Christ, and others by his disciples; the one valuing themselves on that account, above the others. The Persic version indeed suggests, as if both Christ and his disciples baptized, rendering the words thus, "Jesus was not alone who baptized, but the disciples also baptized": whereas the truth of the matter is, that Christ did not baptize in water at all:

but his disciples; they baptized in his name, and by his orders, such who were first made disciples by him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though Jesus himself baptized not - The reason why Jesus did not baptize was probably because, if He had baptized, it might have made unhappy divisions among his followers: those might have considered themselves most worthy or honored who had been baptized by Him. Compare 1 Corinthians 1:17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 4:2. Jesus himself baptized not — John 3:22; John 3:22.