Luke 4:21-30

Luke 4:21-30 Like Elijah and Elisha, Jesus was not sent only to the Jews.

21 And he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
22 And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”
23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me
this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here also in your own country.’”
24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah,

when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the
prophet Elisha; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
28 When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.
29 And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.

30 But passing through the midst of them he went away.

In the preceding verses we see Jesus teaching at the Sabbath service in Nazareth.
These verses tell us of the reactions of the people to his teachings.
First they were filled with wonder, but quickly turn to doubt based upon the fact they knew him to be a “local boy” the son of Joseph the carpenter.
Then they ask for him to verify for them that he is truly the Messiah by performing a miracle.
The same attitude was present when he was hanging on the cross.
“ He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” (Mk 15:31).

In both cases it was an attempt to control Jesus’ actions.
Had he performed a miracle at their bidding they could claim to have authority and control over the Messiah (cf. Mk. 6:1-6).
24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
Jesus then goes on
to rub it in.
Elijah was sent to the widow in Zarephath in Sidon, a Gentile country and performed miracles.
Elisha didn’t cure the lepers of Israel but the Gentile general Naaman.
Jesus is really saying that God is not the God only of the Jews but the Gentiles as well.

That was against their traditions and it angered them so much that they were willing to commit murder by throw him off a cliff.
But Jesus shows them who is in control and it’s not them.
30 But passing through the midst of them he went away.
He walked right through an angry
crowd and no one laid a hand on him, if Jesus were not in control of the situation they would have killed him at that very moment, but that would not complete his mission.
18 “ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, (Lk 4:18).
The anger that they displayed then is still present now in our culture.
People feel threatened by lack of knowledge or control become aggressive.
There aggressiveness might lead them to refuse to face the truth as did Jesus’ listeners.
People who are obsessed with protecting their own opinions and are fearful of change, are dangers to be avoided, their attitudes are the real enemies.

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Luke 4:21-30

by Daniel Mayne Sr. on Dec 26, 2009

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