Verse 44. _JESUS HIMSELF TESTIFIED_] He bore testimony to the general truth of the following proverb. Matthew 13:57, Matthew 13:57....
FOR JESUS HIMSELF TESTIFIED ... - See the notes at Matthew 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,”...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. He Must Needs Pass Through Samaria. (John 4:1 .)_ 2. At Sychar's Well; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. (John 4:6 .) 3. The Woman's Witness and the Believing Samaritans. (John 4:27 .)...
THE WITNESS OF THE SAMARITANS AND THE RETURN TO GALILEE. The author records the effect of personal contact with Jesus on the men who come from the city. The expression, Saviour of the World, must come...
FOR JESUS HIMSELF TESTIFIED THAT. PROPHET HATH NO HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY. The "for" explains why Jesus did not tarry at Nazareth, but went to other parts of Galilee and stopped at Capernaum. This st...
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 ha...
BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
FOR JESUS, &c. Note the parenthetical explanation, and see note on "and we beheld", John 1:14. A PROPHET. Figure of speech _Parcemia._ App-169. _ _ _ HIS OWN COUNTRY_= h is native place. See John 7:...
_For Jesus himself testified_ This is a well-known difficulty. As in John 20:17, we have a reason assigned which seems to be the very opposite of what we should expect. This witness of Jesus would acc...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ ΓᾺΡ Κ.Τ.Λ. This is a well-known difficulty. As in John 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...
THE WORK AMONG GALILEANS...
VER 43. NOW AFTER TWO DAYS HE DEPARTED THENCE, AND WENT INTO GALILEE. 44. FOR JESUS HIMSELF TESTIFIED, THAT A PROPHET HAS NO HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY. 45. THEN WHEN HE WAS COME INTO GALILEE, THE GALIL...
_THIS CAN BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE HIS WORDS ARE BELIEVABLE: JOHN 4:39-45:_ There was within that sinful woman a spark of goodness waiting to be kindled by Jesus. When this woman became a believer in Jes...
FOR JESUS HIMSELF TESTIFIED, &C.— It is plain that this is spoken as the reason why he rather chose to travel into those parts of Galilee, than to go directly to _Nazareth,_ which is particularly call...
PUBLIC TEACHING IN GALILEE _Text 4:43-45_ 43 And after the two days he went forth from thence into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country. 45 S...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 4:43-54 What has been before us from verse 4 to the end of verse 42 in this chapter is in the nature of a parenthesis, inasmuch as these verses record what occur...
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19 The ancient controversy between Jerusalem and Samaria was most bitter in connection with the proper place of worship. Of course Jerusalem was right and Samaria was wrong, for God had chosen the cit...
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN 1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because it is the author's design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only of Israel, but of the world (John 4:42)....
BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY PROPER IN GALILEE, December, 27 a.d. HEALING OF THE NOBLEMAN'S SON. 44. Our Lord's OWN COUNTRY here is probably Judæa, where He was born, and which the ancient prophecies ind...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 4 JESUS TALKS TO A WOMAN IN *SAMARIA 4:1-26 V1 The *Pharisees heard that Jesus was *baptising more people than John the...
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 recei...
CHAPTER 11 THE SECOND SIGN IN GALILEE. “In the mean while the disciples prayed Him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. The disciples therefore said one to...
The reason for His proceeding to Galilee is given in John 4:44. αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐμαρτύρησεν, “for Jesus Himself testified”. The evangelist would not have presumed to apply to Jesus the proverbial e...
_Jesus passes into Galilee and there heals the son of a nobleman_....
THE GROWTH OF FAITH John 4:39-45 There are many ways of coming to know Christ. In some cases He comes to us, as to the woman by the well, and reveals Himself in a direct and illuminating manner, so t...
The words, "He must needs pass through Samaria" are arresting. The final explanation must be found in His dealing with the woman of Samaria. In itself, it is a radiant revelation of His method as He l...
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...
CHAPTER 11 JESUS PREACHING IN GALILEE John 4:43-45; Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:14-15; & Luke 4:14-15. “And after two days He wen
describe the general situation. Then, on this foundation there rises the following incident (John 4:46-54). We may compare here the relation of the conversation with Nicodemus to the general represent...
THIRD SECTION: 4:43-54. JESUS IN GALILEE. In Judea, unbelief had prevailed. In Samaria, faith had just appeared. Galilee takes an intermediate position. Jesus is received there, but by reason of His m...
VER. 44. Αὐτός, _he_, the same who apparently was acting in an opposite way. The solution of the contradiction is given in John 4:45. ᾿Εμαρτύρησεν, _testified_, can here, whatever _Meyer, Weiss_, etc....
Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. (44) For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. (45) Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
And now Jesus, being driven away by the jealousy of the Jews, begins His ministry outside that people, while still acknowledging their true position in the dealings of God. He goes away into Galilee;...
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 und...
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...
_After two days, he went into Galilee_ That is, into the country of Galilee: but not to Nazareth, where he had spent his childhood and youth. It was at that town only that he had no honour. And theref...
HIS OWN COUNTRY; this is the same word which is used Matthew 13:54;, and applied to Nazareth, where Jesus was brought up. As they did not receive him, he visited and wrought miracles in other parts of...
THE HEALING OF THE NOBLEMAN'S SON. The passing into Galilee:...
FOR JESUS HIMSELF TESTIFIED THAT A PROPHET HATH NO HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY....
A SAMARITAN WOMAN GIVEN THE WATER OF LIFE (vs.1-26) The Lord now leaves Judea because He knew the Pharisees' thoughts as to His baptizing more disciples than John. Not that the Lord Himself did the...
43-54 The father was a nobleman, yet the son was sick. Honours and titles are no security from sickness and death. The greatest men must go themselves to God, must become beggars. The nobleman did no...
Christ spake those words more than once, MATTHEW 13:57 MARK 6:4 LUKE 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...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II And if a presbyter comes from another parish, let him be received to communion by the presbyters; if a deacon, by the deacons; if a bishop, let him sit with...
John 4:44 For G1063 Jesus G2424 Himself G846 testified G3140 (G5656) that G3754 prophet G4396 has G2192 ...
‘And after two days he went out from there to Galilee, for Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his own country. So when he came into Galilee the Galileans received him having seen...
This section of the Gospel brings Jesus before us in Galilee, in His intercourse with the Galileans, and in particular with the king's officer, who may be regarded as in a certain sense their represen...
John 4:43-44. AND AFTER THE TWO DAYS HE WENT FORTH THENCE INTO GALILEE. FOR JESUS HIMSELF BARE WITNESS, THAT A PROPHET HATH NO HONOUR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY. The connection between these two verses is a q...
FOR JESUS HIMSELF TESTIFIED (αυτος γαρ Ιησους εμαρτυρησεν). John's explanation of the conduct of Jesus by quoting a proverb often used by Jesus (Mark 6:4; Matthew 13:57; Luke 4:24 in reference to Na...
CONTENTS: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. The indwelling Spirit. The nobleman's son healed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Pharisees, Jacob, Joseph, woman of Samaria, her husband, n...
John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees,_ chiefly priests, and many of them principal members of the council, _had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John._ The p...
43-45. AND WENT TO GALILEE. Completing the trip that had brought him to Sychar in the first place....
_And after two days He departed thence, and went into Galilee_ MORAL USEFULNESS I. MAN MAY DO MUCH GOOD WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD. TWO days Jesus spent in Samaria, and what did He accomplish? 1. He bro...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:44 FOR... A PROPHET HAS NO HONOR. The wording of the proverb is different in Matthew 13:57,...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:43 The healing of the official’s son resembles the healing of the Gentile centurion’s servant in Matthew 8:5 and Luke
Jesus preaches in Galilee Matthew 4:12-17; Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14-15; John 4:43-45;...
1-54 CHAPTER 4 _When therefore Jesus knew_, &c.... _than John_, that is, than John _had_ made and baptized, says S. Augustine (lib. 2 _, de cons. Evang., c._ 18), for John was now in prison. For thes...
_For Jesus,_ &c. The word _for_ expresses the reason why Jesus left Nazareth, His own city, and went into the other parts of Galilee, because the Nazarenes despised Him as their fellow-citizen, and th...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 4:43. OUR LORD’S GALILEAN MINISTRY.—Detailed accounts of His work in Galilee are found in the Synoptics (Matthew 4:12; Luke 4:14;...
EXPOSITION JOHN 4:1 7. _The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the strict compass of the theocracy. _This passage describes an incident of consummate interest, and records a specime...
Now when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized none, but his disciples,) (John 4:1) Now this can mean one of t...
Luke 4:24; Mark 6:4; Matthew 13:57...
For - in His own country [γ α ρ - ε ν τ η ι δ ι α π α τ ρ ι δ ι]. For assigns the reason why Jesus went into Galilee. By His own country, Judaea seems to...
Matthew 13:57....