Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples (kaitoige Ihsouv autov ouk ebaptizen all oi maqhtai autou). Parenthetical explanation that applies also to John 3:22. Imperfect tense means that it was not the habit of Jesus. This is the only N.T. instance of kaitoige (and yet indeed), compound conjunction (kaitoi in Acts 14:17; Hebrews 4:3) with intensive particle ge added. This is the last mention of baptism under the direction of Jesus till the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19). It is possible that Jesus stopped the baptizing because of the excitement and the issue raised about his Messianic claims till after his resurrection when he enjoined it upon his disciples as a rite of public enlistment in his service.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 4:2:
Mark 1:14
Luke 5:17
John 3:22
John 3:26
John 4:44
1 Corinthians 1:15
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