41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
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They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-44)In these verses we have, I. Christ’s discourse, with the explication of it, John 7:37-39. It is probable that these are only short hints of what he enlarged upon, but they have in them the substance of the whole gospel; here is a gospel invitation to come to Christ , and a gospel promise of comfort and happiness in him. Now observe, 1. When he gave this invitation: On the last day of the feast of…
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