16 Jesus went back to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and as usual he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath. When he stood up to read from the Scriptures, 17 he was given the book of Isaiahthe prophet. He opened it and read,
18 Is 61.1,2 (LXX)."The Lord’s Spirit
has come to me,
because he has chosen me
to tell the good news
to the poor.
The Lord has sent me
to announce freedom
for prisoners,
to give sight to the blind,
to free everyone
who suffers,
19 and to say, ‘This is the year
the Lord has chosen.’ "
20 Jesus closed the book, then handed it back to the man in charge and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue looked straight at Jesus.
21 Then Jesus said to them, "What you have just heard me read has come true today."
22 All the people started talking about Jesus and were amazed at the wonderful things he said. They kept on asking, "Isn’t he Joseph’s son?"
23 Jesus answered:
You will certainly want to tell me this saying, "Doctor, first make yourself well." You will tell me to do the same things here in my own hometown that you heard I did in Capernaum. 24 Jn 4.43,44.But you can be sure that no prophets are liked by the people of their own hometown.
25 1 K 17.1.Once during the time of Elijahthere was no rain for three and a half years, and people everywhere were starving. There were many widows in Israel, 26 1 K 17.8-16.but Elijahwas sent only to a widow in the town of Zarephathnear the city of Sidon. 27 2 K 5.1-14.During the time of the prophet Elisha, many men in Israel had leprosy.4.27 leprosy: In biblical times the word "leprosy" was used for many different kinds of skin diseases.But no one was healed, except Naamanwho lived in Syria.
28 When the people in the synagogue heard Jesus say this, they became so angry 29 that they got up and threw him out of town. They dragged him to the edge of the cliff on which the town was built, because they wanted to throw him down from there. 30 But Jesus slipped through the crowd and got away.
Nazareth is the town in Galilee where Jesus had been brought up and where, on the Sabbath day, he went into the synagogue and stood up to read (Luke 4:16).
Isaiah, son of Amoz, was the prophet who had a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He sent King Hezekiah the Lord’s answer to the prayer about Sennacherib king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:20).
Joseph, a descendant of David and carpenter of Nazareth, was the husband of Mary and raised Jesus; warned in a dream, he fled with them to Egypt (Matthew 1:24).
Capernaum is the city in Galilee, by the sea, where Jesus lived after leaving Nazareth; there he taught in the synagogue, and a centurion came to him asking for help (Matthew 4:13).
Elijah the Tishbite, a prophet in Israel in the days of Ahab, confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11).
Elijah the Tishbite, a prophet in Israel in the days of Ahab, confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11).
Zarephath is a city of Sidon to which the Lord sent Elijah and where, at the town gate, he met a widow gathering sticks, who had been commanded to sustain him (1 Kings 17:10).
Sidon is the city from which the borders of Canaan reached; Jesus said Tyre and Sidon would have repented if the miracles performed in Chorazin and Bethsaida had occurred in them (Matthew 11:21).
Elisha, the son of Shaphat, succeeded Elijah as prophet, received a double portion of Elijah’s spirit, and performed many miracles in Israel, such as the healing of Naaman (2 Kings 2:9).