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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 4:43-54

In these verses we have, I. Christ's coming into Galilee, John 4:43. Though he was as welcome among the Samaritans as he could be any where, and had better success, yet after two days he left them, not so much because they were Samaritans, and he would not confirm those in their prejudices against him who said, He is a Samaritan (John 8:48), but because he must preach to other cities, Luke 4:43. He went into Galilee, for there he spent much of his time. Now see here, 1. Whither Christ went;... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 4:43-45

4:43-45 Two days after Jesus left there and went to Galilee. Jesus himself declared that a prophet has no honour in his own country. But when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed him, because they had seen all that he had done at Jerusalem at the Feast, for they too had gone to the Feast. All three synoptic gospels tell of the saying of Jesus that a prophet has no honour in his own country ( Mark 6:4 ; Matthew 13:57 ; Luke 4:24 ). It was an ancient proverb with much the same... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:43

Now after two days he departed thence ,.... When he had stayed two days at Sychar conversing with, and discoursing to the Samaritans, which were the means of the conversion of many of them; he departed out of that country, and passed on his way: and went into Galilee ; as he first intended; see John 4:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 4:44

For Jesus himself testified ,.... Matthew 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:43

Went into Galilee - Bishop Pearce thinks that some words have been lost from the end of this verse, which may be supplied thus: Went into Galilee, but not to Nazareth; for Jesus himself had declared, etc. In Matthew 13:57 ; Mark 6:4 , and Luke 4:24 , which are the only texts where Jesus is said to have declared this, he always spake of Nazareth only, and not of Galilee in general, a country where he lived for the most part, and wrought the greatest number of his miracles, and made the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 4:44

Jesus himself testified - He bore testimony to the general truth of the following proverb. See on Matthew 13:57 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:43-45

Now after the two days— i.e. the two days of our Lord's sojourn in Sychar ( John 4:40 )— he went forth £ thence into Galilee. Here the author takes up the narrative of John 4:3 . The delay in Samaria was parenthetical to the chief end of his journey, which was to leave Judaea and commence his ministry in Galilee. He now enters it a second time from Judaea. For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country, When therefore he came into Galilee, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:43-45

Our Lord's return into Galilee. He was now about to enter on the scene of his longest ministry. I. THE REASON OF HIS RETURN TO GALILEE . "For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country." 1 . This might appear to be a reason for his avoiding Galilee, which was undoubtedly his own country. 2 . He meant that, though he might have no reputation in Galilee, he could carry into it the reputation he acquired in Judaea and Jerusalem. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 4:43-54

8. The commencement of the Galilaean ministry. We read the details of the Galilaean ministry in the synoptists, who describe our Lord's public entrance, in the power of the Spirit, into Galilee. They are silent with reference to these earliest witnesses to his method and varied specimens of his work. Just as in the Revelation of St. John we have a proem, and a series of visions which rehearse the entire development of the kingdom and glory of the Lamb of God until the day of his triumph,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 4:43

Into Galilee - Into some of the parts of Galilee, though evidently not into Nazareth, but probably direct to Cana, John 4:46. read more

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