John 4:44 meaning and explanation

Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

John 4:44, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just spent two days in Samaria, where the townspeople welcomed Him and believed. Verse 44 looks back to something Jesus had said earlier, that a prophet gets no honor in his own hometown, and verse 45 notes that the Galileans did welcome Him, though John presents their welcome as based on signs seen in Jerusalem.

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