HMMMmmm...
That's what I get for having Hoosier as my first language.
Plain American English eludes me from time-to-time.
Perhaps these guys can explain it better.
(I assume that AV really means King James Version)
1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.