Question

Describe the incident when Jesus was rejected in Nazareth, Luke 4:14-30

Answer 1

1. Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been brought up.
2. He went to the synagogue as he usually did on the sabbath day.
3. He was given the book of prophet Isaiah when he stood up to read.
4. He opened the book/found the place that was written about him/read it to the people.
5. After reading, He closed the book, gave it to the attendant/sat down.
6. Everybody in the synagogue looked at him.
7. He told them that the scripture he had read was fulfilled in their hearing.
8. All people were happy with what he had spoken.
9. People wondered aloud saying " Is that not Joseph's son?
10. Jesus told them that they would ask him to do his country things he had done in Capernaum/ He told them that a prophet is not accepted in his own country.
11. He told them that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, but God sent the prophet to a widow in Zarephath/God only healed Naaman the Syrian of leprosy during the time of Prophet Elisha.
12. They were filled with anger/wanted to throw him headlong/down the cliff.
13. Jesus passed through their midst and went away.