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John 4:45

John 4:45

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Then when he was come into Galilee,.... That part of it in which Cana lay, as appears by what follows:the Galilaeans received him; willingly, readily, and cheerfully, with much delight and pleasure, and with marks of great esteem and respect: they received him into their houses, and entertained him, and provided for him and his disciples:having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover; the miracles he wrought there, see ;for they also went unto the feast; as well as Jesus and his disciples: they kept the feast of the passover, and went yearly to Jerusalem on that account: so Josephus speaks of the Galilaeans going to the Jewish festivals at Jerusalem, when he says ;"it was the custom, or usual with the Galilaeans, when they went to the holy city at the festivals, to go through the country of the Samaritans;''which was the way that Christ now came from thence to them.

Antiqu. Jud. l. 20. c.

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