39. They sought again to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.
40. He went back again across the Jordan to the locality where John was when he first baptized, and there He remained.
41. And many came to Him, and they kept saying, John did not perform a [single] sign or miracle, but everything John said about this Man was true.
42. And many [people] there became believers in Him. [They adhered to and trusted in and relied on Him.]