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Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People Excerpt In response, Jesus assaulted their “acceptance” of him: “Jesus said to them,  ‘Surely you will quote this proverb to me: “Physician, heal yourself! Do here in  your home town what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.” I tell you  the truth,’ he continued, ‘no prophet is accepted in his home town’ ” (vv.  23 ,  24 ).  Jesus said exactly what the pious worshipers, the good people of Nazareth,  were thinking. “If he’s a prophet, I’m Isaiah! How about a few tricks? It’s not to  much to ask of a real prophet. Blind? Poor? Prisoners? Oppressed? Who does he think he is?” The fact is, they already had enough evidence to believe in him—the objective evidence of the miracles in Capernaum Jesus had alluded to. All Galilee, which was only twenty-five by forty miles, was talking about what had happened. Their difficulty in accepting him did not come from the lack of objective evidence. As Dav...

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People Excerpt In response, Jesus assaulted their “acceptance” of him: “Jesus said to them,  ‘Surely you will quote this proverb to me : “Physician, heal yourself! Do here in  your home town what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.” I tell you  the truth,’ he continued, ‘no prophet is accepted in his home town’ ” ( vv .  23 ,  24 ).  Jesus said exactly what the pious worshipers, the good people of Nazareth,  were thinking. “If he’s a prophet, I’m Isaiah! How about a few tricks? It’s not too  much to ask of a real prophet. Blind? Poor? Prisoners? Oppressed? Who does  he think he is?” The fact is, they already had enough evidence to believe in him—the objective evidence of the miracles in Capernaum Jesus had alluded to. All Galilee, which was only twenty-five by forty miles, was talking about what had happened. Their difficulty in accepting him did not come from the lack of objective evidenc...

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People Excerpt In response, Jesus assaulted their “acceptance” of him: “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.” I tell you the truth,’ he continued, ‘no prophet is accepted in his home town’ ” ( vv. 23 , 24 ). Jesus said exactly what the pious worshipers, the good people of Nazareth, were thinking. “If he’s a prophet, I’m Isaiah! How about a few tricks? It’s not too much to ask of a real prophet. Blind? Poor? Prisoners? Oppressed? Who does he think he is?” The fact is, they already had enough evidence to believe in him—the objective evidence of the miracles in Capernaum Jesus had alluded to. All Galilee, which was only twenty-five by forty miles, was talking about what had happened. Their difficulty in accepting him did not come from the lack of objective evidence. As David Gooding writes: Hughes, R. Kent. Luke: That You May Kno...

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People Excerpt In response, Jesus assaulted their “acceptance” of him: “Jesus said to them,‘Surely you will quote this proverb to me: “Physician, heal yourself! Do here inyour home town what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.” I tell youthe truth,’ he continued, ‘no prophet is accepted in his home town’ ” (vv. 23 , 24 ). Jesus said exactly what the pious worshipers, the good people of Nazareth, were thinking. “If he’s a prophet, I’m Isaiah! How about a few tricks? It’s not to much to ask of a real prophet. Blind? Poor? Prisoners? Oppressed? Who does he think he is?” The fact is, they already had enough evidence to believe in him—the objective evidence of the miracles in Capernaum Jesus had alluded to. All Galilee, which was only twenty-five by forty miles, was talking about what had happened. Their difficulty in accepting him did not come from the lack of objective evidence. As David Gooding writes: Hughes, R. Kent. Luke: That You May Know the ...

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People

Jesus Quotes the Proverb to the People JESUS REJECTED ( Lk. 4: 23–30 ) In response, Jesus assaulted their “acceptance” of him: “Jesus said to them, ‘Surely you will quote this proverb to me: “Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your home town what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.” I tell you the truth,’ he continued, ‘no prophet is accepted in his home town’ ” ( Lk. 4:23-24 ). Jesus said exactly what the pious worshipers, the good people of Nazareth, were thinking. “If he’s a prophet, I’m Isaiah! How about a few tricks? It’s not to much to ask of a real prophet. Blind? Poor? Prisoners? Oppressed? Who does he think he is?” The fact is, they already had enough evidence to believe in him—the objective evidence of the miracles in Capernaum Jesus had alluded to. All Galilee, which was only twenty-five by forty miles, was talking about what had happened. Their difficulty in accepting him did not come from the lack of objective evidence. As David Gooding writes: ...