Luke 4:24 Meaning and Explanation
“And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus states the sober proverb: no prophet is accepted in his own country.
What Does Luke 4:24 Mean?
Verily I say unto you marks solemn speech. Jesus sets himself in the long line of the prophets and names Israel's old pattern: messengers honored everywhere except at home, and often not until after they were gone. Familiarity breeds not contempt so much as deafness.
Accepted here translates the same word rendered acceptable in verse 19. He proclaims the acceptable year of the Lord, and is himself not accepted; the herald of welcome is made unwelcome. There is grief in that, and there is also a strange grace, for rejection at Nazareth will not stop the mission but widen it. The pattern will hold to the end of the Gospel: refused at home, given to the world.
Luke 4:24 in the Original Language
dektos (δεκτός), 'accepted' -- welcome; the same word rendered 'acceptable' in verse 19.
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What does Luke 4:24 mean?
Jesus states the sober proverb: no prophet is accepted in his own country.