16 Then Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he went as usual to the synagogue. He stood up to read the Scriptures 17 and was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it is written,
18 Is 61.1,2(LXX)"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed
19 and announce that the time has come
when the Lord will save his people."
20 Jesus rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. All the people in the synagogue had their eyes fixed on him, 21 as he said to them, "This passage of scripture has come true today, as you heard it being read."
22 They were all well impressed with him and marveled at the eloquent words that he spoke. They said, "Isn’t he the son of Joseph?"
23 He said to them, "I am sure that you will quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ You will also tell me to do here in my hometown the same things you heard were done in Capernaum. 24 Jn 4.44I tell you this," Jesus added, "prophets are never welcomed in their hometown. 25 1 K 17.1Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three and a half years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land. 26 1 K 17.8-16Yet Elijahwas not sent to anyone in Israel, but only to a widow living in Zarephathin the territory of Sidon. 27 2 K 5.1-14And there were many people suffering from a dreaded skin disease who lived in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha; yet not one of them was healed, but only Naamanthe Syrian."
28 When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were filled with anger. 29 They rose up, dragged Jesus out of town, and took him to the top of the hill on which their town was built. They meant to throw him over the cliff, 30 but he walked through the middle of the crowd and went his way.
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).