Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 1:11

"He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not." — John 1:11 (ASV)

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

To those who were chosen as "his own" out of all the nations upon the earth, to those to whom he was specially promised of old, to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to these Jesus came, yet they "received him not."

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

That favored circle, the Jewish nation, where revelation had been given, even there, there was no place for him. He must be despised and rejected even by his own nation.