<p>7:3 <i>His brothers said to him: Depart from here and go into Judea, so your disciples may also see the works you do</i>- The disciples in view were presumably the Lord's sympathizers in Judea. &quot;The works&quot; refer to miracles. The Lord had been rejected by many exactly because the Galilean audience knew Him before His ministry began, and now He was claiming to be Son of God and Messiah, unwelcome public attention would be focused upon His family of origin. They therefore wanted Him to go to Judea, and taunted Him as to why He didn't do His miracles there too. Both his family and the men of Israel generally rejected David's claims to be able to save Israel (1 Sam. 17:28-30), and this pointed forward to the Lord's rejection by His brothers. Eliab's &quot;Why camest thou down hither?&quot; matches the Lord's brothers telling Him &quot;depart from here&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>