The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

SECTION XVI.

[CHRIST. XXXI]

JOHN Chap. IV. All the Chapter.

MATTH. Chap. IV. Ver. 12.

CHRIST at Jacobs well Converteth Samaritans: Healeth a sick person, &c.

CHRIST was in Judea when John was apprehended by Herod in Galilee. His pre∣tended quarrel was the multitude of Johns disciples, as dangerous for innovation: but the very true cause indeed was, his and Herodias spleen for Johns plainness with them a∣bout their incest. The Pharisees at Jerusalem would soon hear what was become of John their eye-sore, and what Herod laid to his charge, namely the dangerousness of his gathering so many disciples. Now our Saviour understanding that they looked upon him, as one that had more Disciples then John, and so was in equal danger from them upon that ac∣count, he getteth out of Judea out of their reach and goeth to Galilee. But was not Galilee within their reach too?

From ver. 35. may be computed the time of this journey into Galilee, namely when it was now four months to harvest; that is, to the Passover, for from the second day in the Pass-over week their Harvest began, Lev. 23. 11, &c. And from this, there may be some reasonable conjecture concerning the time when John was cast into prison. Christ was in Sychar field about the latter end of our November, when it was now four months to the Passover, and he took that journey as soon as he understood of Johns imprisonment, Matth. 4. 12. He was now entred upon his one and thirtieth year of age.

When he cometh up into Galilee, he avoideth his own City Nazareth, ver. 44. because he knew he should find no respect there in regard of the mean education that he had a∣mong them: but he goeth to Cana where he had done his first miracle; and from thence with a word of his mouth he healeth one sick at Capernaum. It was the son 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, of one of the Kings party, namely of old Herods, to whom divers of the eminent and learn∣ed of the Jews had gone to be his servants, to the distast of others, and probably in a reluctan∣cy to their own principles, but overcome with court interests, Juchasin fol. 19.