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speaking publicly. And after two days he departed from there, and went into Galilee. For Christ himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his own country. Why is this added? Because he did not go to Capernaum, but to Galilee, and from there to Cana. For lest you should question why he did not remain among his own people, but remained among the Samaritans, he gives the reason, saying, that they did not receive him. For this reason he did not go there, so that their judgment might not be greater. 2. For I think he here calls Capernaum his country. That he received no honor there, hear him saying: And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, shall be brought down to hell. But he calls it his own country, showing the plan of the economy, and for this reason he spent more time there. What then? Do we not see, he says, many admired even by their own people? But one ought not to judge such things from rare cases. And if some were honored in their own, much more in a foreign land; for familiarity is accustomed to breed contempt. 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 came to the feast. Do you see that those who are reviled are found to be the ones who most approach him? For one said, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? and another, Search and look, for out of Galilee arises no prophet. They said these things, insulting him, because he seemed to many to be from Nazareth; and they also reproached him for being a Samaritan. For you are a Samaritan, and have a demon, he says. But behold, both Samaritans and Galileans, he says, believe, to the shame of the Jews. And the Samaritans are found to be better than the Galileans. For the former received him from the woman's words; but the latter after seeing the signs which he did. So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. He reminds the hearer of the miracle, exalting the praise of the Samaritans. For these received him both from the things in Jerusalem and from the signs which happened there; but the Samaritans not so, but from teaching alone. So then, he said that he came there; but he did not add the reason for which he came. For he came to Galilee because of the envy of the Jews; but for what reason to Cana? For at the beginning he was called to a wedding; but now for what reason, and why? It seems to me that by his presence he was making the faith which arose from the miracle stronger, and drawing them to himself more by coming uninvited, and leaving his own country, to prefer them. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and asked him to come down and heal his son; either being of the royal family, or having some other dignity of office so called. Some therefore think that this is the one mentioned by Matthew; but he is shown to be different from that one, not only from his rank, but also from his faith. For that one, when Christ was willing to come, asked him to remain; but this one, when he promised nothing of the sort, draws him to his house. And that one says: I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof 59.201; but this one even urges, saying, Come down, before my son dies. And there, coming down from the mountain, he entered Capernaum; but here, he came from Samaria, and not into Capernaum, but this man came when he had come to Cana. And that one's servant was lying sick with palsy; but this one's son with a fever. And coming he asked him to heal his son; for he was about to die. What then says Christ? Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe. And yet this was of faith, both to come and to ask; and after this the evangelist testifies to it, saying that when Jesus said, Go, your son lives, he believed his word, and went his way. What then is it that he says here? Either the Samaritans

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δημηγοροῦντος. Καὶ μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας ἐξῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν. Αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς ἐμαρτύρησεν, ὅτι προφήτης ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ πατρίδι τιμὴν οὐκ ἔχει. ∆ιατί τοῦτο πρόσκειται; Ὅτι εἰς Καπερναοὺμ οὐκ ἀπῆλθεν, ἀλλ' εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, κἀκεῖθεν εἰς τὴν Κανᾶ. Ἵνα γὰρ μὴ ἐξετάσῃς, διατί παρὰ μὲν τοῖς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔμεινε, παρὰ δὲ τοῖς Σαμαρείταις ἔμεινε, τίθησι τὴν αἰτίαν, λέγων, ὅτι οὐ προσέσχον αὐτῷ. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκεῖ, ὥστε μὴ μεῖζον αὐτοῖς γενέσθαι τὸ κρῖμα. βʹ. Καὶ γὰρ πατρίδα αὐτὸν ἐνταῦθα ἡγοῦμαι λέγειν τὴν Καπερναούμ. Ὅτι δὲ οὐκ ἀπήλαυσεν ἐκεῖ τιμῆς, ἄκουσον αὐτοῦ λέγοντος· Καὶ σὺ, Καπερναοὺμ, ἣ ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὑψώθης, ἕως ᾅδου καταβιβασθήσῃ. Πατρίδα δὲ ἰδίαν καλεῖ, τὸν τῆς οἰκονομίας δηλῶν λόγον, καὶ τούτῳ τὸ πλέον ἐνδιατρίβων. Τί οὖν; οὐχ ὁρῶμεν, φησὶ, καὶ παρὰ τοῖς οἰκείοις πολλοὺς θαυμαζομένους; Μάλιστα μὲν οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν σπανιζόντων τὰ τοιαῦτα δεῖ ψηφίζεσθαι. Εἰ δέ τινες ἐν τῇ αὐτῶν ἐτιμῶντο, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐν τῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ· ἡ γὰρ συνήθεια εὐκαταφρονήτους ποιεῖν εἴωθεν. Ὡς δὲ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, ἐδέξαντο αὐτὸν οἱ Γαλιλαῖοι, πάντα ἑωρακότες, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ· καὶ γὰρ ἦλθον εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν. Ὁρᾷς ὅτι οἱ κακιζόμενοι, οὗτοι μάλιστα αὐτῷ προσιόντες εὑρίσκονται; Ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἔλεγεν, Ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; ἄλλος δὲ, Ἐρώτησον καὶ ἴδε, ὅτι ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας προφήτης οὐκ ἐγήγερται. Ταῦτα δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν ὑβρίζοντες ἔλεγον, ἐπειδὴ ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ ἐδόκει τοῖς πολλοῖς εἶναι· καὶ τὸ Σαμαρείτην δὲ εἶναι ὠνείδιζον. Σαμαρείτης γὰρ εἶ, καὶ δαιμόνιον ἔχεις, φησίν. Ἀλλ' ἰδοὺ καὶ Σαμαρεῖται καὶ Γαλιλαῖοι, φησὶ, πιστεύουσιν εἰς αἰσχύνην τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Εὑρίσκονται δὲ καὶ Γαλιλαίων οἱ Σαμαρεῖται βελτίους. Ἐκεῖνοι μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν τῆς γυναικὸς ἐδέξαντο ῥημάτων· οὗτοι δὲ ἑωρακότες τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίησεν. Ἦλθεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν εἰς τὴν Κανᾶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ὅπου ἐποίησε τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον. Ἀναμιμνήσκει τοῦ θαύματος τὸν ἀκροατὴν, τὸ ἐγκώμιον τῶν Σαμαρειτῶν ἐπαίρων. Οὗτοι μὲν γὰρ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ γενομένων σημείων αὐτὸν ἐδέξαντο· οἱ Σαμαρεῖται δὲ οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ διδασκαλίας μόνης. Ὅτι μὲν οὖν ἦλθεν ἐκεῖ, εἶπε· τὴν δὲ αἰτίαν οὐ προσέθηκε, δι' ἣν ἦλθεν. Εἰς μὲν γὰρ τὴν Γαλιλαίαν διὰ τὸν φθόνον τὸν Ἰουδαϊκὸν παρεγένετο· εἰς δὲ Κανᾶ τίνος ἕνεκεν; Παρὰ μὲν γὰρ τὴν ἀρχὴν καλούμενος εἰς γάμον· νῦν δὲ τίνος ἕνεκεν, καὶ διατί; Ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ θαύματος πίστιν ἐγγινομένην ἰσχυροτέραν ποιῶν διὰ τῆς παρουσίας, καὶ μᾶλλον αὐτοὺς ἐφελκόμενος τῷ αὐτόκλητος παραγενέσθαι, καὶ τὴν μὲν ἰδίαν ἀφεῖναι πατρίδα, προτιμῆσαι δὲ ἐκείνους. Ἦν δέ τις βασιλικὸς, οὗ ὁ υἱὸς ἠσθένει ἐν Καπερναούμ. Οὗτος ἀκούσας, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἥκει ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰουδαίας εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, ἦλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ ἠρώτα ἵνα ἔλθῃ, καὶ ἰάσηται αὐτοῦ τὸν υἱόν· ἤτοι τοῦ γένους ὢν τοῦ βασιλικοῦ, ἢ ἀξίωμά τι ἀρχῆς ἕτερον οὕτω καλούμενον ἔχων. Τινὲς μὲν οὖν τοῦτον ἐκεῖνον εἶναι νομίζουσι τὸν παρὰ τῷ Ματθαίῳ· δείκνυται δὲ ἕτερος ὢν παρ' ἐκεῖνον, οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀξιώματος δὲ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως. Ἐκεῖνος μὲν γὰρ καὶ βουλόμενον τὸν Χριστὸν ἐλθεῖν, ἀξιοῖ μένειν· οὗτος δὲ καὶ μηδὲν τοιοῦτον ἐπαγγελλόμενον, εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ἕλκει. Κἀκεῖνος μέν φησιν· Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος ἵνα μου ὑπὸ τὴν στέγην 59.201 εἰσέλθῃς· οὗτος δὲ καὶ ἐπείγει, Κατάβηθι, λέγων, πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν τὸν υἱόν μου. Κἀκεῖ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους καταβὰς εἰς Καπερναοὺμ εἰσῄει· ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἀπὸ Σαμαρείας, καὶ οὐκ εἰς Καπερναοὺμ, ἀλλ' εἰς Κανᾶ ἐλθόντος παρεγένετο οὗτος. Κἀκείνου μὲν ὁ παῖς παρέσει κατέκειτο· ὁ δὲ τούτου υἱὸς πυρετῷ. Καὶ ἐλθὼν ἠρώτα ἵνα ἰάσηται αὐτοῦ τὸν υἱόν· ἤμελλε γὰρ ἀποθνήσκειν. Τί οὖν ὁ Χριστός; Ἐὰν μὴ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἴδητε, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε. Καὶ μὴν τοῦτο πίστεως ἦν, καὶ τὸ ἐλθεῖν καὶ τὸ παρακαλέσαι· καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ αὐτὸ μαρτυρεῖ ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς λέγων, ὅτι εἰπόντος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, Πορεύου, ὁ υἱός σου ζῇ, ἐπίστευσε τῷ λόγῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπορεύετο. Τί οὖν ἐστιν ὅ φησιν ἐνταῦθα; Ἤτοι τοὺς Σαμαρείτας