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?
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- WEB 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?
- 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 7:28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
- John 7:15–16And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
- Mark 6:1–6And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
- Luke 4:16–30And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
- Matt 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
- Matt 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- Ps 22:22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
- Ps 40:9–10I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- John 1:11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
- Acts 28:17–28And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
- Acts 4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
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