Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
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- KJV And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
- BSB Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
- NKJV When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
- NASB And He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, with the result that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man acquire this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
- NLT He returned to Nazareth, his hometown. When he taught there in the synagogue, everyone was amazed and said, “Where does he get this wisdom and the power to do miracles?”
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In His hometown synagogue Jesus' teaching and miracles astonish the people, who wonder at their source. His evident wisdom and power demand an explanation of who He is.
Overview
Returning to Nazareth, Jesus teaches in the synagogue with such wisdom and works such mighty deeds that the people are amazed. Yet their astonishment is mixed with skepticism about how a local man could possess such gifts. Their question points unwittingly toward the true answer: Jesus' wisdom and power flow from His unique identity as the Son of God.
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- Matt 7:28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
- John 7:15–16The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
- Mark 6:1–6He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him.
- Luke 4:16–30He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
- Matt 2:23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
- Matt 4:23Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Ps 22:22I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.
- Ps 40:9–10I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
- Acts 13:46Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
- John 1:11He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
- Acts 28:17–28After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
- Acts 4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
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