Matthew Poole and continuators on John 7:52
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John7:52
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee ? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet .
Not that they thought Nicodemus was a Galilean; they knew him well enough; but they take up this as a term of Reproach against him, for that he would offer to speak one word (tho never so just) on the behalf of one against whom they had such a perfect hatred.
Search, say they, the Scriptures, and look if ever there came a Prophet out of Galilee. Suppose this had been truth; yet 1. What did this concern our Saviour? who was not Born in Galilee, but in Iuda in Bethlehem, the City of David, Luke 24. 2. Could not God when he pleased influence one of Galilee with the Spirit of Prophecy? But 3. Neither was it true; for Nahum and Ionah were both Galileans, 2 Kings 14.25. compared with Iosh. 19.13. (for the Tribe of Zebulon had their Lot in Galilee) Isaiah 9.1.
Marginal references: Mat. 4.15. Chap. 1.46.
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