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He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, `Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.`"
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A Demand for Local Proof
Commentators explain that Jesus is voicing the crowd's unspoken demand. Using the common proverb, "Physician, heal thyself," he shows he knows they want him to prove his messianic claims by performing the same miracles in his hometown of Nazareth that they heard he did in Capernaum.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Physician, heal thyself. This proverb was probably in common use at that time. The meaning is this: Suppose that a man should attempt to h…
Doubtless (παντως). Adverb. Literally, at any rate, certainly, assuredly. Cf. Acts 21:22; 28:4.
This par…
19th Century
Anglican
Physician, heal thyself.—There is something interesting in our finding this proverb in the Gospel of the beloved physicia…
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Baptist
And he said to them, You will surely say to me the proverb, Physician, heal yourself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here …
Jesus’ response is not intended to reassure his audience but rather to draw out their subconscious attitudes. Since Jesus had already had a wide te…
16th Century
Protestant
Physician, heal thyself. From the words of Christ, it can be easily inferred that He was treated with contempt by the inhabitants of Nazar…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said unto them, you will surely say unto me this proverb Or "parable"; for any…
Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the…
