Luke 4:24 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 4:24

Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Commentary on Luke (397)

Therefore, the Savior excuses that he has not worked any miracles of virtue in his own country, so that no one might think that he should have a lower affection for his country. For he could not fail to love his fellow citizens, since he loved all. But those who envy have cast themselves out, through their lack of love for their country. For love does not envy... does not boast (1 Corinthians 13:4). However, the homeland is not devoid of divine blessings. For what greater miracle is there than that Christ was born in her?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Familiarity breeds contempt; and we are apt to think meanly of those whose conversation we have been accustomed to; and they will scarcely be duly honoured as prophets who were well known when they were in the rank of private men. That is most esteemed that is far-fetched and dear-bought, above what is home-bred, though really more excellent.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἶπεν	Eipen	He said	G2036 →
δέ·	de	then;	G1161 →
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	no	G3762 →
προφήτης	prophētēs	prophet	G4396 →
δεκτός	dektos	acceptable	G1184 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
πατρίδι	patridi	hometown	G3968 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 13:57
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
leads to
- John 4:44
  Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
- Matthew 11:6
  Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Through
John 4:44
Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
leads to
- Matthew 13:57
  And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
- Mark 6:4
  Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Through
Acts 22:3
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just…
leads to
- Philippians 3:5–6
  circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
- Acts 26:5
  They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- Acts 9:11
  “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- Acts 5:34
  But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.