Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Again (palin). Referring to John 1:28 (Bethany beyond Jordan). Palin does not mean that the other visit was a recent one.
At the first (to prwton). Adverbial accusative (extent of time). Same idiom in John 12:16; John 19:39. Here the identical language of John 1:28 is used with the mere addition of to prwton (opou hn Iwanhv baptizwn, "where John was baptizing").
And there he abode (kai emenen ekei). Imperfect (continued) active of menw, though some MSS. have the constative aorist active emeinen. Probably from here Jesus carried on the first part of the later Perean Ministry (Luke 13:22-16:10) before the visit to Bethany at the raising of Lazarus (John 11:1-44).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Luke 3:3
John 11:1
John 11:7
John 12:16
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