“They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.”
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet — the Pharisees dismiss Nicodemus's objection with an ad hominem: 'Are you also of Galilee?' (implying he must be since he defends a Galilean). They exhort him to search the scriptures, claiming no prophet comes from Galilee. Historically, prophets like Jonah (1 Kings 14:25) were from Galilee, so the statement is not literally true; it expresses prejudice against Galilee as spiritually insignificant. The Pharisees' dismissal of Nicodemus shows that reason cannot penetrate the hardness of institutional pride.
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