According to these final verses of Chapter 2 and those of 3:2 and 6:1, at least two things can be said, (1) there were many present from Capernaum at this Passover, and (2) Jesus performed many miracles that go unrecorded by John but not unnoticed by both the Jews of Jerusalem and the Jews of Galilee. Nicodemus will be the first to seek Him out, and to His credit, not for a personal touch, but for further understanding and wisdom. The Galileans will come for more selfish reasons. But for Nicodemus, this speaks volumes to the receptive condition of his heart that will later come to believe on Jesus. Unlike his and Nathanael's earlier, however, the masses possessed hearts more skeptical and selfish that caused Jesus to withhold Himself from them. Their faith was not the faith of Nathanael's, nor Nicodemus' to be. Their unwillingness to receive Him into the rightful place in their lives was in direct contrast to those He will reveal Himself.

This begs the question of ourselves today: What is the condition of our heart as Jesus comes to us, and what place in our lives do we admit Him when given the opportunity? To me, this is one of the most tragic and sad commentaries recorded in the New Testament, akin to that of the Laodicean Christian's heart and church of Rev.3:20. Is He not grieved when He is failed to be perceived and received as He hopes? Was this not the estranged relationship of God and Israel in the Old Testament? Compare these passages for further study: vs.23-25; Rev.3:14-22; Jn.6:37; 14:23,20; and Hos.2:6-23, key vs.19 [compare to Jer.9:24]; Jer.2:31-3:10. Include others from your own knowledge of both the Old and New Testament.