John Chapter 1 verse 46 Holy Bible
And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
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Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
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And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
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And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
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Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
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and Nathanael said to him, `Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?' Philip said to him, `Come and see.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 46-49. - (c) The Son of God and King of Israel. Verse 46. - And Nathanael said to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? The ordinary interpretations of the meaning of this question are not satisfactory. (1) The prejudice against Nazareth as being a Galilean town cannot have weighed with Nathanael of Cana in Galilee (John 21:2), even though he may have shared the ignorant opinion that "out of Galilee ariseth no prophet" (John 7:52). He might have known that Jonah, Hosea, Nahum, probably Elijah, Elisha, and Amos, were Galileans. (2) That Nazareth was a secluded and contemptible village seems disproved by the interesting papers of Dr. Selah Merrill, on "Galilee in the Time of our Lord," Amer. Bibl. Sacra., January and April, 1874. . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(46) The question is not, "Can the Messiah come out of Nazareth," but "Can there any good thing come?" The question is asked by an inhabitant of a neighbouring village who looks upon the familiar town with something of local jealousy and scorn; but the form of the question would seem to point to an ill repute in reference to its people. The place is unknown to earlier history, and is not mentioned even in Josephus; but what we find in Mark 6:6 and Luke 4:29 agrees with Nathanael's opinion. (For account of the town, comp. Note on Luke 1:26.)Come and see expresses the fulness of his own conviction. An interview had brought certainty to his own mind. It would do so likewise to that of his friend.
