[Footnote 1: Gr. _spring_: and so in ver. 14; but not in ver. 11, 12.] [Footnote 2: Or, _as he was_.] [Footnote 3: Some ancient authorities omit _For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans._] [Footnote 4: Or, _Lord_.] [Footnote 5: Or, _for such the Father also seeketh_.] [Footnote 6: Or, _God is spirit_.] [Footnote 7: Or, _white unto harvest. Already he that reapeth &c._] [Footnote a: Notice that John also had recently been preaching to Samaritans (§ 33) and compare hereafter Philip's work in the city of Samaria (Acts 8:5 ff.)] [Footnote b: In this early ministry Jesus allowed himself to be regarded as the Messiah by his first disciples (§ 28), and personally declared that he was the Messiah to the woman at the well (§ 35) (John 4:26), which many other Samaritans also personally believed (John 4:39, 42). He never declared this to the Jewish rulers at Jerusalem till the very end (§ 155), doubtless because such an avowal would lead them to kill him, and so must not be made till his work in teaching the people and training his disciples should be completed. Compare what he says later to Peter in Matt. 16:17-20 (§ 82). At the baptism and the temptation of Jesus it was clear that Jesus knew that he was the Son of God, the Messiah, and was so regarded by the Baptist. Events in Judea and Galilee change the early policy of Jesus and lead to silence on his part in the use of the word Messiah, though many of the people know that he makes Messianic claims and the rulers in Jerusalem come to suspect him and to fear him. See my volume on _The Pharisees and Jesus_.] § 36. THE ARRIVAL OF JESUS IN GALILEE John 4:43-45 43 And after the two days he went forth from thence into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his 45 own country [_see Luke 4:24; Mark 6:4; Matt. 13:57_]. So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. PART VII THE GREAT GALILEAN MINISTRY Probably[a] Autumn of A.D. 27 to Spring of 29 (Apparently about a year and a half) _§§ 37-71. Great fulness of detail in Mark for this period and condensed report in Luke while Matthew is chiefly topical in this portion. Mark's Gospel plunges at once into the Great Galilean Ministry (cf. Peter's summary of Christ's life in Acts 10:36-43 to the household of Cornelius). The mass of material makes clear grouping difficult, but there is progress[b] in the development of events._ 1. The Rejection at Nazareth and the New Home in Capernaum, §§ 37-43. 2. The First Tour of Galilee with the Four Fishermen and the Call of Matthew (Levi) on the Return with the Growing Fame of Jesus, §§ 44-48. 3. The Sabbath Controversy in Jerusalem and in Galilee, §§ 49-51. 4. The Choice of the Twelve and the Sermon on the Mount, §§ 52-54.