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John MacEvilly’s exposition of the gospel of John offers a clear, Catholic, passage-by-passage interpretation of the text. It combines traditional exegesis with moral exhortation and so has been widely used as a daily devotional. The work was originally intended for laymen, but quickly found a place as a textbook in seminary education and has seen numerous editions.
52. Far from listening to reason, they assail Nichodemus with cutting, scornful reproaches, calling him in terms of contempt, “a Galilean,” a follower of this impostor from Galilee. Art thou an abettor of this despised Galilean? “Galilean” was a term of reproach at this time. Julian, the apostate, mortally transfixed with the arrow or javelin of a Persian, cries out in defiant scorn, “Vicisti Galilæa.” They knew well Nicodemus was not from Galilee. But, they class him, a member of the Sanhedrim,
John 7:52
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