And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
Parallel translations
- WEB They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things.
- BSB On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
- NKJV So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
- NASB And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;
- NLT When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious.
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Quick answer
The synagogue crowd is filled with rage at Jesus' words. His pointed message about God's grace to Gentiles provokes fury.
Overview
Jesus' suggestion that God favors believing outsiders over privileged but unbelieving Israel enrages the people of Nazareth. Their wrath reveals that admiration had quickly turned to hostility once their pride was confronted. This rejection at the outset foreshadows the broader rejection Jesus would face, even unto death.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Jer 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
- Acts 5:33When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
- Luke 6:11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
- Acts 7:54When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
- Luke 11:53–54And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
- 2 Chr 24:20–21And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
- Jer 37:15–16Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
- Acts 22:21–23And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
- 2 Chr 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
- 1 Th 2:15–16Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
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