For Jesus, &c. Note the parenthetical explanation, and see note on "and we beheld", John 1:14.
a prophet. Figure of speech Parcemia. App-169.
his own country= h is native place. See John 7:41; John 7:42. Which was Galilee (App-169). The Lord had proved the truth of this proverb before He went to Cana (from Nazareth), as recorded in Luke 4:16-30. See App-97. The Lord went and returned thither, notwithstanding that experience.