He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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And he sayde verely I saye vnto you: No Prophet is accepted in his awne countre.
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And he saide, Verely I say vnto you, No Prophet is accepted in his owne countrey.
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Passages linked to Luke 4:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 13:57 They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”
- John 4:44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
- Mark 6:4-5 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.” He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.
- Acts 22:3 “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.
- Acts 22:18-22 and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’ I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’ “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’” They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you,…
24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
Ver. 24. No prophet is accepted] {See Trapp on "Mat 13:57"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said, verily I say unto you,.... Another…
And he said, verily I say unto you,.... Another proverb in use among them, the meaning of which was well known to them, and was very appropriate to the present case:
no prophet is accepted in his own country; See Gill on Mat 13:57
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain No prophet is acceptable in his own country -…
No prophet is acceptable in his own country - That is, in his own neighbourhood. It generally holds, that a teacher sent from God is not so acceptable to his neighbours as he is to strangers. The meanness of his family, or lowness of his circumstances, bring his office into contempt: nor can they suffer that he, who was before equal with, or below themselves, should now bear a superior character.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. No prophet is accepted] See on Mt…
Verse 24. No prophet is accepted] See on Mt 13:55-57.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain No prophet is accepted - Has honor, or is…
No prophet is accepted - Has honor, or is acknowledged as a prophet. See the notes at Mat 13:57.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And he said, &c.--He replies to the one proverb…
And he said, &c.--He replies to the one proverb by another, equally familiar, which we express in a rougher form--"Too much familiarity breeds contempt." Our Lord's long residence in Nazareth merely as a townsman had made Him too common, incapacitating them for appreciating Him as others did who were less familiar with His everyday demeanor in private life. A most important principle, to which the wise will pay due regard. (See also Mat 7:6, on which our Lord Himself ever acted.)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. He said—In answer to some response with which…
24. He said—In answer to some response with which they interrupted him. The response must have admitted that they did hold the sentiments he attributed to them.
No prophet—Proverbs are of course general rules, to be taken with exceptions. The present proverb is founded on one of the evil propensities of our nature; namely, the envy which arises from our seeing former equals outstrip us in life. This is a special characteristic of coarser natures like the men of Nazareth.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24–30. Rejection by the Nazarenes
24–30. Rejection by the Nazarenes
24. is accepted in his own country] St Matthew adds (Mat_13:57) “and in his own house,” implying that “neither did His brethren believe on Him.” This curious psychological fact, which has its analogy in the worldly proverb that ‘No man is a hero to his valet,’ or, ‘Familiarity breeds contempt,’ was more than once referred to by our Lord; Joh_4:44. (“Vile habetur quod domi est.” Sen. De Benef, iii. 2.)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) No prophet is accepted.—The proverb is remarkable as…
(24) No prophet is accepted.—The proverb is remarkable as having been quoted by our Lord certainly twice, possibly oftener: (1) on this His first visit after His baptism to Nazareth; (2) on His second visit (Mat_13:57; Mar_6:4). St. John’s reference to it (Joh_4:44) may have risen out of one or other of these two occasions, but it rather conveys the impression of the saying having been often on the lips of Jesus.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he said, Verily I say unto you, No…
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But instead of gratifying their curiosity and supplying them with some more empty arguments why they should not listen to his words, the Lord quietly quotes a proverb well known to all people Farrar calls it a curious psychological fact the quoting prefaced by the solemn "verily." The Master was evidently looking far beyond the little prejudices of Nazareth. "His own country" meant far more than the narrow circuit bounded by the Nazareth hills. The Speaker was thinking of all the chosen people of the Jews, who as a nation he knew too well would not accept him. But if Israel would have none of him, he would reign in the hearts of that unnumbered multitude who peopled the isles of the Gentiles.
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