Matthew 4:12 - Plain English Version

¹² After that, Jesus heard that some soldiers grabbed John and put him in jail. So Jesus left Judea country and went back to Galilee country.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested and put in prison, He withdrew into Galilee.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;

Common English Bible

¹² Now when Jesus heard that John was arrested, he went to Galilee.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And when Jesus had heard that John had been handed over, he withdrew into Galilee.

Matthew 4:12 Cross References

Matthew 11:2

At that time, John the Baptiser was in jail. But people told him about all the things that Jesus was doing. So John sent some of his own followers to ask Jesus some questions.

Mark 1:14

One day, that country’s government boss was angry with John the Baptiser, so he sent some soldiers to grab John and put him in jail. After that, Jesus went back to Galilee country, and he told everyone God’s good news.

Luke 23:5

The Jewish leaders kept on blaming Jesus. They told Pilate, “He gets people everywhere to go wild. He started to do that in Galilee country, then in Judea country, and now he is doing it here in Jerusalem.”

Luke 4:14

The Holy Spirit made Jesus very powerful, and he went back to Galilee country. The people that saw him kept on telling other people about him, and those people told more people, so that soon everyone there heard the news about him.

John 1:43

The next day, Jesus wanted to go north, to Galilee country. But first he found a man called Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”

John 2:11

This was the first powerful thing Jesus did. He did it in Cana, in Galilee country. He did it to show that his power came from God, and his followers believed in him. They believed that he came from God.

John 3:24

John was not in jail at that time, but later the soldiers grabbed him and put him in jail.

John 4:43

Jesus stayed with the people there for 2 days. Then Jesus and his followers left Samaria and went north to Galilee country.

John 4:54

That was the 2nd time that Jesus went from Judea to Galilee and then did a powerful thing.