54And 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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And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? …
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. …
And 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. …
And 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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 53-58)We have here Christ in his own country. He went about doing good, yet left not any place till he had finished his testimony there at that time. His own countrymen had rejected him once, yet he came to them again. Note, Christ does not take refusers at their first word, but repeats his offers to those who have often repulsed them. In this, as in other things, Christ was like his brethren; he had a…
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