44For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
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And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 43-54)In these verses we have, I. Christ’s coming into Galilee, John 4:43. Though he was as welcome among the Samaritans as he could be any where, and had better success, yet after two days he left them, not so much because they were Samaritans, and he would not confirm those in their prejudices against him who said, He is a Samaritan (John 8:48), but because he must preach to other cities , Luke 4:43.…
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