John 4:44

44 Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor 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 And they told the woman, "We no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world."

43 After two days He left there for Galilee.

44 Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

45 When they entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him because they had seen everything He did in Jerusalem during the festival. For they also had gone to the festival.

46 Then He went again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.