After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
Our Lord showed unwearied diligence, moving from place to place preaching and baptizing through His disciples, for none are above ordinances until heaven. Observe John the Baptist's admirable humility: though the crowds now followed Christ and his success eclipsed John's, John kept faithfully to his duty. This is what God's ministers must do when others of greater gifts arise.
AI summary
JESUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE BAPTIST--HIS NOBLE TESTIMONY TO HIS MASTER. (John 3:22-36) land of Judea--the rural parts of that province, the foregoing conversation being held in the capital. baptized--in the sense explained in Joh 4:2.
Commenting on John 3:22-36
Verse 22. Land of Judea. The region round about Jerusalem. And baptized. Jesus did not himself administer the ordinance of baptism, but his disciples did it by his direction and authority, . (u) "and baptized"