Matthew 13:54
Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
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53When Yeshua [Salvation] had finished these parables, he departed from there.
Cross References
Psalms 40:9+ 40:9 (9-10) MP: Messiah will not conceal his mission from the congregation. (Luke 4:16-21) I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. 2 Behold, I will not seal my lips, Adonai, you know. 1
Matthew 4:23+ 4:23 (23-24) MP: Messiah will have a ministry to the “poor,” the believing remnant. (Zech 11:7) Yeshua [Salvation] went about in all Galilee [District, Circuit], teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Mark 6:1He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him.
John 1:11+ 1:11. MP: Rejected by the Jews. (Ps 69:8) + 1:11. MP: Messiah is rejected by his own Jewish people, “we did not esteem him”. Yet (Is 49:6 and 60:1-3) says the Messiah’s light draws the Gentiles to Him. (Is 53:3b) He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:54-58
The Contempt of Christ by His Countrymen. 53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all… Read the whole commentary →