The Pharisees had been hostile to John's ministry; they were likely to be more so to the more successful ministry of Jesus. Our Lord, therefore, left Judæa, the chief centre of Pharisaism, to avoid a rupture. 2. Our Lord did not baptise, because it was His work to baptise with the Holy Ghost (John 1:33), and He could not do this (fully at least) till after His Ascension (see on John 3:5; John 3:22).
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John 4:1
1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,