And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Ver. 46. Can there any good, &c.] When men take a toy in their heads against a place or person, they are ready to reason in this manner. Good Nathanael was in the common error, as was likewise Philip, in the former verse, with his Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Four words only, and scarcely ever a true one. Epidemic diseases are soon caught.