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Jesus visits Galilee

Jesus visits Galilee is dated AD 27. It is told in Matthew 4:12. Jesus Christ is part of it.

When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

Matthew 4:12 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 27
Traditional reckoning
AD 27

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Galilee.

Which verses connect to Matthew 4:12?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. Mark 1:1413 votes

    After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.

  2. Luke 3:207 votes

    Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

  3. Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

  4. Luke 4:144 votes

    Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.

  5. Mark 6:173 votes

    For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

  6. John 3:243 votes

    (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.