For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
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For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
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And Iesus him selfe testified that a Prophete hath none honoure in his awne countre.
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For Iesus himselfe had testified, that a Prophet hath none honour in his owne countrey.
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Passages linked to John 4:44 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 13:57 They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”
- Luke 4:24 He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
- Mark 6:4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath…
44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
Ver. 44. Jesus himself testified] Had testified, when he was cast out at Nazareth; therefore he came no more there. A minister that can do no good once in the place where he lives, is bound to leave, though the fault be not in him, but the people, saith an interpreter here; otherwise (if for self-respects he there abide) it is to be feared that he will lose his gifts, and either fall into errors and heresies, or prove but a dull and dry doctor. Metuendum est ne donum quod acceperis, omittas vel degeneres in errores, vel haereses, vel si retineas puritatem doctrinae, evadas tamen frigidus et aridus doctor. (Rolloc in loc.)
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Christ spake those words more than once, Mat 13:57;…
Christ spake those words more than once, Mat 13:57; Mar 6:4; Luk 4:24. But the question is, what force of reason this hath why he went into Galilee, whereas Nazareth, which was in Galilee, was his own country; for though he was born in Bethlehem, yet he was educated at Nazareth; upon which account, Luk 4:23, it is called his own country? The best resolution of this difficulty is, that by Galilee here is to be understood, the country part of Galilee, exclusive to Nazareth; and this is not given as a reason why our Saviour went into Galilee, but why he did not go to Nazareth, but into the country part of Galilee, because Nazareth was his own country, and
a prophet is not without honour, except in his own country.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For Jesus himself testified,.... Mat 13:57;
For Jesus himself testified,.... Mat 13:57;
that a prophet hath no honour in his own country: all the Oriental versions read, "in his own city"; that is, Nazareth: for these words must not be understood as a reason why Christ left Judea, and went into Galilee, because he had no honour in Judea, in which was Bethlehem, the place of his nativity; but are a reason why, when he came into Galilee, he did not go to Nazareth, his own city, where he was educated, and had been brought up, and had lived the greatest part of his life, because they treated him with great disrespect and contempt; See Gill on Mat 13:57.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Matt. xiii, 57.
Matt. xiii, 57.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 44. Jesus himself testified] He bore testimony to…
Verse 44. Jesus himself testified] He bore testimony to the general truth of the following proverb. See Clarke on Mt 13:57.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For Jesus himself testified ... - See the notes…
For Jesus himself testified ... - See the notes at Mat 13:57. The connection of this verse with the preceding may be thus explained: “Jesus went to Galilee, but not to Nazareth, for he testified,” etc. Or, “Jesus went to Galilee, ‘although’ he had said that a prophet had no honor in his own country; yet, because he foreknew that the Galileans would many of them believe on him, he went at this time.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain For Jesus himself gave testimony, &c. The connexion and…
For Jesus himself gave testimony, &c. The connexion and reason given here by the word for, is obscure, when it is said, Jesus went into Galilee and gave testimony that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. One would think this should not be a reason for his going into Galilee, but rather why he should not go thither. St. Cyril,[1] and also St. John Chrysostom distinguish different parts of Galilee; and say that when Jesus went into Galilee, the meaning is, that he would not at that time go to Nazareth, where he was bred, nor to Capharnaum, where he had lived for a time, but went to Cana, and those other parts of Galilee; and that the word for only gives the reason of this, that he would not go to Nazareth or Capharnaum, because no prophet is honoured in his own country. And for the same reason he again said to the ruler: (ver. 48) Unless you see sign and wonders you believe not: whereas the Samaritans, from whom he was now coming readily believed without such miracles. (Witham)
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St. Cyril, in Joan. p. 202. Interjacentem Nazareth præterit, Greek: paratrechei ten Nazareth dia tou mesou keimenen. St. John Chrysostom, hom. xxxiv. in Joan. tom. 8, p. 203. quare addidit, quia, Greek: gar, quod non in Capharnaum, sed in Galileam, et in Cana abiit.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain For Jesus testified, &c.--This verse had occasioned much discussion.…
For Jesus testified, &c.--This verse had occasioned much discussion. For it seems strange, if "His own country" here means Nazareth, which was in Galilee, that it should be said He came to Galilee because in one of its towns He expected no good reception. But all will be simple and natural if we fill up the statement thus: "He went into the region of Galilee, but not, as might have been expected, to that part of it called 'His own country,' Nazareth (see Mar 6:4; Luk 4:24), for He acted on the maxim which He oft repeated, that 'a prophet,'" &c.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 44. Prophet… in his own country—From foreign Samaria, where…
44. Prophet… in his own country—From foreign Samaria, where Jesus was honoured, he departs, after a brief sojourn, to his own country, Galilee, where he was, in the comparison, without honour; and he must go to win their honour, and convert, if possible, their hearts from contempt to adoration.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 44. For Jesus himself testified] This is a well-known…
44. For Jesus himself testified] This is a well-known difficulty. As in Joh_20:17, we have a reason assigned which seems to be the very opposite of what we should expect. This witness of Jesus would account for His not going into Galilee: how does it account for His going thither? It seems best to fall back on the old explanation of Origen, that by ‘his own country’ is meant Judaea, ‘the home of the Prophets.’ Moreover, Judaea fits in with the circumstances. He had not only met with little honour in Judaea; He had been forced to retreat from it. No Apostle had been found there. The appeal to Judaea had in the main been a failure.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (44) A prophet hath no honour.—The statement that a…
(44) A prophet hath no honour.—The statement that a prophet hath no honour in his own country is at first thought a strange explanation of the fact that He went into Galilee, and that the Galileans received Him; and the common geographical solutions, as that “His own country” means Judæa, or Nazareth, as distinct from Galilee, or the district of the so-called lower Galilee, are brought to, not from, the text. The narrative of the earlier Gospels places the commencement of the ministry in Galilee. John has in these opening chapters told of an earlier ministry in Judæa and Samaria. He now records the reception in Galilee to which this earlier ministry had been the real introduction. Jesus Himself said so. He knew the principle that a prophet’s own friends are the last to hear his message, and He came to His own country only when that message had been received by many in Judæa and Samaria, and when His own countrymen had seen and known His work at the Passover. Others had received Him at Jerusalem, and they therefore receive Him in Galilee. The honour is brought from without. It does not arise in His own country.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:44-45 Unlike Jesus’ fellow Jews, the Galileans welcomed him,…
4:44-45 Unlike Jesus’ fellow Jews, the Galileans welcomed him, but their welcome was based on awe of Jesus’ miracles (cp. 2:23-25), not true faith.
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