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He came to his own, and those who were his own didn`t receive him.
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A Heartbreaking Homecoming
Scholars highlight a crucial distinction in the original Greek. Jesus came to "his own home" (referring to his land and temple) but "his own people" (the Jewish nation) rejected him. This wasn't a rejection by strangers, but a refusal of welcome from his own family, making it profoundly tragic and personal.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He came unto his own. His own land or country. It was called his land because it was the place of his birth, an…
Unto his own (εις τα ιδια). Neuter plural, "unto his own things," the very idiom used in 19:27 when the Beloved Disciple took the …
19th Century
Anglican
The phrase "He came," as distinct from the "was" of the previous verse, moves on to the historic advent. But since that advent was only the more di…
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Baptist
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them …
In the phrase “he came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him,” the former “own” (neuter in Greek) refers to things; and the ph…
16th Century
Protestant
He came into his own. Here is displayed the absolutely desperate wickedness and malice of men; here is displayed their execrable impiety, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He came unto his own Not all the world, who are his own by right of creation; for these, his own, are opposed to the…
John the Baptist came to bear witness concerning Jesus. Nothing more fully shows the darkness of human minds than the fact that when the Light had …
13th Century
Catholic
Having explained the necessity for the incarnation of the Word, the Evangelist then shows the advantage humanity gained from that incarna…
