John 7:52
They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee [District, Circuit]? Search, and see that + 7:52 “No prophet from Galilee” This is an inaccurate statement, Jonah is a prophet from Gath-hepher which is in the western Galilee region (2 King 14:25). This passage also establishes that Jonah was a prophet to Israel before he was called to the Assyrians in Nineveh. no prophet has arisen out of Galilee [District, Circuit].”
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53Everyone went to his own house.
Cross References
Genesis 19:9They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot [Veil, Covering], and came near to break the door.
Isaiah 9:1But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. + 9:1 (1b-2) MP: Messiah comes from Galilee and shines upon the Galil-of-the-Goyim. Meaning his ministry begins in the Galilee and the region includes Gentiles living there. (Mark explains although Yeshua had traveled previously, He did not begin His ministry until entering Galilee, his hometown region). (Matt 4:12b-13; Mark 1:14b) + 9:1 (1b-3) MP: Messiah is a light to the Gentiles and this causes Israel to increase and have joy as in harvest. Combined: Messiah bears spiritual light in the darkness of those born outside Torah covenant, counting them as increasing the nation of Israel. (See also Is 42:6d, 49:6). (Luke 2:31-32; 1 Cor 9:19-21; Rom 3:1-2, 3:29-31; Eph 2:14-19) In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun [Living together] and the land of Naphtali [My wrestling]; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan [Descender], Galilee [District, Circuit] of the nations.
John 1:46Nathanael [Given by God] said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth [Branch, Separated one]?” Philip [Loves horses] said to him, “Come and see.”
John 9:34They answered him, “You were altogether born in abstract sins ·miss the marks·, and do you teach us?” They threw him out.
Matthew Henry on John 7:46-53
The Officers' Testimony of Christ. 45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. 50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) 51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him,… Read the whole commentary →