Luke 4:24

"I tell you in solemn truth," He added, "that no Prophet is welcomed among his own people.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

In Context

23"Doubtless," said He, "you will quote to me the proverb, `Physician, cure yourself: all that we hear that you have done at Capernaum, do here also in your native place.'"

25But I tell you in truth that there was many a widow in Israel in the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three years and six months and there came a severe famine over all the land;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:57So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family."

John 4:41Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,

Acts 22:3"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers, and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:15-31

Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he… Read the whole commentary →

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