Arrival in Galilee.

  ^d 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country. [Galilee was Jesus' "own country" ( John 1:46 ; 2:1 ; John 7:3 John 7:41 John 7:52 ; Luke 23:5-7 ). In Judæa he had begun to receive so much honor as to bring him into danger at the hands of the Pharisees: he would receive less in Galilee. resumes the itinerary of verses 1, 2, after the interlude which tells of the woman at Sychar.]

  45 So when he came into Galilee, the Galilæans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. [The works which Jesus had done in Jerusalem were for the most part fruitless as to its inhabitants, but they bore the fruit of faith in far-off Galilee. Of "the many who believed on him" in Jerusalem ( John 2:23 ), it is highly probable that a large number were Galilæan pilgrims who were then there attending the passover.]