XXVI.
Jesus Sets Out from JudÆa for Galilee.
Subdivision C. Arrival in Galilee.
C Luke IV. 14; D John IV. 43–45.
d 43 And after the two days [the two days spent
among the Samaritans at Sychar] he went forth from thence [from Samaria]
into Galilee. c 14 And Jesus returned in the
power of the Spirit into Galilee [Power of the Spirit here means its
manifest use to perform miracles, rather than its presence, influence or
direction. Jesus was always under the influence and direction of the Spirit,
but did not previously perform miracles]: d
44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own
country. [Galilee was Jesus' “own country” (John i. 46; ii. 1; vii. 3, 41, 52; Luke xxiii.
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. Verse 43 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 ii. 23), it is highly probable that a large number were
Galilæan pilgrims who were then there attending the passover.]
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