John 4:44
For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
KJV
αὐτὸς γὰρ Ἰησοῦς ἐμαρτύρησεν ὅτι προφήτης ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ πατρίδι τιμὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
Greek NT
Ipse enim Jesus testimonium perhibuit, quia propheta in sua patria honorem non habet.
Vulgate
For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.
ASV
For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
μαρτυρέω
martureo
verb · 76×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πατρίς
patris
noun · 8×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
τιμή
time
noun · 41×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: γὰρ | WH/Treg/NIV: γὰρ | RP: + ὁ
- γὰρ — SBLGNT
- γὰρ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὁ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Was there any habitual grace in the soul of Christ? Were there virtues in Christ? Did He have faith? Did He have hope? Were there the gifts in Christ? Was the gift of fear in Christ? Were there any gratuitous graces in Christ? Was there prophecy in Christ? Was there the fulness of grace in Him? Was such fulness proper to Christ? Was the grace of Christ infinite? Could it have b…
Cross-references
- Heb 12:1 — Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is
- Luke 4:24 — And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
- Luke 4:24 — And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
- Mark 6:4 — But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
- Mark 6:4 — But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
- Matt 13:57 — And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
- Matt 13:57 — And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.