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ForγὰρJesusἸησοῦςhimselfαὐτὸςtestifiedἐμαρτύρησενthatὅτιa prophetπροφήτηςhasἔχειnoοὐκhonorτιμὴνinἐνhis ownτῇ ἰδίᾳhomeland.πατρίδι
John 4:44
Study it in the app“For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland.”
With the Greek beneath
John 4:44, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- testifiedἐμαρτύρησενemartyrēsen
testify
To tell what one knows or has seen.
Where else “emartyrēsen” appears- a prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētēs” appears- hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- honorτιμὴνtimēn
honor
The respect and esteem given to someone for who they are.
Where else “timēn” appears- his ownἰδίᾳidiai
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiai” appears- homelandπατρίδιpatridi
homeland
Homeland, native land.
Where else “patridi” appears
The context
43After the two days he went out from there into Galilee.
44 · This verse (above)
45So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they too had gone to the feast.
To study John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask of the Samaritan woman at the well, and what does he offer her? (vv. 7-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says God seeks worshipers who worship “in spirit and truth.” What answer does he give to her question about the place? (vv. 20-24)
3. How I live it
The woman left her water jar and told others what had happened to her (vv. 28-29). Whom could you invite to “come and see” something good?