John 4:43-45
New English Translation
Onward to Galilee
43 After the two days he departed from there to Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)[a] 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem[b] at the feast[c] (for they themselves had gone to the feast).[d]
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- John 4:44 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
- John 4:45 sn All the things he had done in Jerusalem probably refers to the signs mentioned in John 2:23.
- John 4:45 sn See John 2:23-25.
- John 4:45 sn John 4:44-45. The last part of v. 45 is a parenthetical note by the author. The major problem in these verses concerns the contradiction between the proverb stated by Jesus in v. 44 and the reception of the Galileans in v. 45. Origen solved the problem by referring his own country to Judea (which Jesus had just left) and not Galilee. But this runs counter to the thrust of John’s Gospel, which takes pains to identify Jesus with Galilee (cf. 1:46) and does not even mention his Judean birth. R. E. Brown typifies the contemporary approach: He regards v. 44 as an addition by a later redactor who wanted to emphasize Jesus’ unsatisfactory reception in Galilee. Neither expedient is necessary, though, if honor is understood in its sense of attributing true worth to someone. The Galileans did welcome him, but their welcome was to prove a superficial response based on what they had seen him do at the feast. There is no indication that the signs they saw brought them to place their faith in Jesus any more than Nicodemus did on the basis of the signs. But a superficial welcome based on enthusiasm for miracles is no real honor at all.
John 4:43-45
Christian Standard Bible
A Galilean Welcome
43 After two days he left there for Galilee.(A) 44 (Jesus himself had testified(B) that a prophet has no honor in his own country.(C)) 45 When(D) they entered Galilee, the Galileans(E) welcomed him because they had seen everything he did in Jerusalem(F) during the festival.(G) For they also had gone to the festival.
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