John 4:2

2 (although it was not Yeshua himself who immersed but his talmidim), Y

John 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

John 4:2

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 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.

John 4:2 In-Context

1 When Yeshua learned that the P'rushim had heard he was making and immersing more talmidim than Yochanan

2 (although it was not Yeshua himself who immersed but his talmidim), Y

3 eshua left Y'hudah and set out again for the Galil.

4 This meant that he had to pass through Shomron.

5 He came to a town in Shomron called Sh'khem, near the field Ya`akov had given to his son Yosef.