John 4:44

44 Jesus had said that a prophet is not honored in his own country.

John 4:44 Meaning and 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 up, and had lived the greatest part of his life, because they treated him with great disrespect and contempt; (See Gill on Matthew 13:57).

John 4:44 In-Context

42 They told the woman, "Our faith is no longer based on what you've said. We have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the savior of the world."

43 After spending two days in Samaria, Jesus left for Galilee.

44 Jesus had said that a prophet is not honored in his own country.

45 But when Jesus arrived in Galilee, the people of Galilee welcomed him. They had seen everything he had done at the festival in Jerusalem, since they, too, had attended the festival.

46 Jesus returned to the city of Cana in Galilee, where he had changed water into wine. A government official was in Cana. His son was sick in Capernaum.