What did Jesus mean in Luke 4:24–27, and why did His words make the people in His hometown of Nazareth angry?
Here are the verses from Luke 4— “ Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.” 25 “But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land; 26 but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon , to a woman who was a widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian .” I’ve put some words ( Sidon and Syrian ) in bold for emphasis, as they’re key to understanding why the people became so enraged after Jesus made that statement. Their reaction was so intense that what’s recorded in the very next verses immediately took place— 28 “So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the ...