Johannes 1:44

44 Des anderen daags wilde Jezus heengaan naar Galilea, en vond Filippus, en zeide tot hem: Volg Mij.

Johannes 1:44 Meaning and Commentary

John 1:44

Now Philip was of Bethsaida
A town on the lake of Gennesaret, afterwards made a city by Philip the tetrarch, and called Julias, after the name of Caesar's daughter ^F13: it was a fishing town, and had its name from thence; and the disciples that were of it, were of this business:

the city of Andrew and Peter;
or "Simon", as read the Syriac and Persic versions: three apostles were called out of this place, as mean, and wicked, as it was; see ( Matthew 11:21 ) ; which was no small honour to it: it is a saying of the Jews ^F14, that

``a man's place (his native place) does not honour him, but a man honours his place.''

This was the case here.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Joseph. Antiqu. l. 18. c. 3.
F14 T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 21. 2.

Johannes 1:44 In-Context

42 Deze vond eerst zijn broeder Simon, en zeide tot hem: Wij hebben gevonden den Messias, hetwelk is, overgezet zijnde, de Christus.

43 En hij leidde hem tot Jezus. En Jezus, hem aanziende, zeide: Gij zijt Simon, de zoon van Jonas; gij zult genaamd worden Cefas, hetwelk overgezet wordt Petrus.

44 Des anderen daags wilde Jezus heengaan naar Galilea, en vond Filippus, en zeide tot hem: Volg Mij.

45 Filippus nu was van Bethsaida, uit de stad van Andreas en Petrus.

46 Filippus vond Nathanael en zeide tot hem: Wij hebben Dien gevonden, van Welken Mozes in de wet geschreven heeft, en de profeten, namelijk Jezus, den zoon van Jozef, van Nazareth.