Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. So he departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.

John 10:39-40 CSB

Could Jesus have stayed and kept arguing?

Perhaps even have won some of them over to believe in him?

Kept using his power to keep himself safe?

Yes I'm sure he could have, but at least for the short term putting a boundary in place was better. 

Jesus while moved with compassion for people, he also gave himself space. 

Maybe there's something  in this for us, to be OK with having boundaries, to having space, especially from those who have their own agenda, are toxic towards us, want us to conform to their view of us.

Jesus had superpowers that we don't have, and still decided that a boundary was better. 

Are there people, places, activities, that we would be better off "crossing the Jordan River" from?

After those confrontations with the Jews, the threats, the opposition, I wonder how Jesus felt sitting on the other side of the Jordan?

#theothersideofthejordan