Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 4:28

"And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things;" — Luke 4:28 (ASV)

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

They were at first very pleased to have a promising young Preacher out of their own town, and they said one to another, "Did he not speak well?" Now they have changed their note; he has been too faithful for them. He has exalted God instead of man; and now they are filled with wrath.

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

They did not mind hearing the first part of his teaching; but now that he exalts the sovereignty of God, and lays the sinner low, he speaks too plainly for them: They were filled with wrath.

And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue,–

They admired Christ's style of speech, but when he came to that man-humbling and God-glorifying doctrine, they were filled with wrath,–