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Art thou also of Galilee? (Μη κα συ εκ της Γαλιλαιας ει; ). Formally negative answer expected by μη, but really they mean to imply…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Are you also of Galilee? Here is another expression of contempt. To be a Galilean was a term of the highest reproach. They knew w…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Are you also of Galilee?—They seek to avoid his question, to which there could have been but one answer, by a counter-que…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?
Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. Augustine of Hippo: After our Lord invited those who believed in Him to drink of the Holy Spirit, a division arose among the…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The scornful and snobbish reply “Are you from Galilee, too?” intimates that Nicodemus was taking the stand of the crude and ignorant Galileans who …
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Art thou also from Galilee? They say that all who favor Christ are from Galilee, and this is spoken reproachfully, as if he could…
John Gill
JohnGill
They answered and said unto him
Being displeased with him, and as reproaching him, though they could not deny, or re…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes its restraint cannot be explained. Never has any man spoken with that wisdom…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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After our Lord told them about the origin and teacher of His doctrine, as well as its purpose, He now invites them to accept His teaching…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson