John 4:43–45

 ⁴³ Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. ⁴⁴ For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. ⁴⁵ So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast.

Commentary

Vs. 43 “Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.”

Having just spent two days with the Samaritans who received and believed in Him Jesus now returns to Galilee.

Vs. 44 “For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.”

The fact the Judeans did not receive Jesus as the despised Samaritans speaks volumes about them both, and so here though Jesus was from Nazareth of Galilee, yet He was born in Bethlehem, and so the reference of prophet not having no honor in His own country (Matt. 13:54-48) is referring to His not only being rejected at Nazareth His “hometown”, but also it was in Jerusalem and Judea (the quintessential region, or land, or country of the Jews) where the Lord Jesus found His most fierce opposition.

Vs. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast.

And so, coming into the region of Galilee, the Galileans received Him, for they too had gone down to the yearly Passover feast at Jerusalem, and they saw the signs that He did there, so they too now wanted to receive Him. That said this does not indicate saving faith by them all. For though there now is a willingness to receive Him, because of the signs that He did, yet there is no declaration of Him, no belief in Him, as the Christ, the Savior of the world as there was in Samaria. For they were only enamored with seeing the signs that He did, and not with His Word!

Scripture Quotations 

New King James Version (1982): Thomas Nelson.