John 1:44

Now Philip was of Bethsaida ,.... A town on the lake of Gennesaret, afterwards made a city by Philip the tetrarch, and called Julias, after the name of Caesar's daughter F13 Joseph. Antiqu. l. 18. c. 3. : it was a fishing town, and had its name from thence; and the disciples that were of it, were of this business:

the city of Andrew and Peter ; or "Simon", as read the Syriac and Persic versions: three apostles were called out of this place, as mean, and wicked, as it was; see Matthew 11:21 ; which was no small honour to it: it is a saying of the Jews F14 T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 21. 2. , that

"a man's place (his native place) does not honour him, but a man honours his place.'

This was the case here.