Luke 4:24
22 All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
25 But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
- KJV
- And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
- WEB
- He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
- ASV
- And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
- DARBY
- And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] country.
- BLB
- And He said, “Truly I say to you⁺ that no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
- ÅB
- Men han sa: Sannelig sier jeg dere: Ingen profet blir vel mottatt på sitt hjemsted.
- OTB
- «Sannelig sier jeg dere,» fortsatte han, «ingen profet blir akseptert i sin egen by.
- B1930
- Men han sa: Sannelig sier jeg eder: Ingen profet blir vel mottatt på sitt hjemsted.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.”
Read in contextJohn 4:44
Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
Read in contextMark 6:4–5
Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Read in contextActs 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 as zealous for God as any of you here today.
Read in contextActs 22:18–22
and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
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