Joh 10:40 | RWP | e4.org | Again ( παλιν ). Referring to (Bethany beyond Jordan). Παλιν does not mean that the other visit was a recent one. At the first ( το πρωτον ). Adverbial accusative (extent of time). Same idiom in ; . Here the identical language of is used with the mere addition of το πρωτον ( οπου ην Ιωανης βαπτιζων , "where John was baptizing"). And there he abode ( κα εμενεν εκε ). Imperfect (continued) active of μενω , though some MSS. have the constative aorist active εμεινεν . Probably from here Jesus carried on the first part of the later Perean Ministry ( ) before the visit to Bethany at the raising of Lazarus ( ).

‏ John 10:40

Again ( παλιν ). Referring to 1:28 (Bethany beyond Jordan). Παλιν does not mean that the other visit was a recent one.

At the first ( το πρωτον ). Adverbial accusative (extent of time). Same idiom in 12:16; 19:39. Here the identical language of 1:28 is used with the mere addition of το πρωτον ( οπου ην Ιωανης βαπτιζων, "where John was baptizing").

And there he abode ( κα εμενεν εκε ). Imperfect (continued) active of μενω, though some MSS. have the constative aorist active εμεινεν. Probably from here Jesus carried on the first part of the later Perean Ministry (Lu 13:22-16:10) before the visit to Bethany at the raising of Lazarus (Joh 11:1-44).