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The Source of the Rage
Commentators unanimously agree that the crowd's fury was not a misunderstanding. They perfectly understood Jesus's point: God's grace is not an entitlement based on heritage or hometown connections. By citing Old Testament examples where God blessed Gentiles over Israelites, Jesus directly confronted their national and local pride, causing their initial admiration to instantly turn to wrath.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 4:28
18th Century
Theologian
Filled with wrath. They were enraged, probably, for the following reasons:
- They saw that the cases applied to themselves, bec…
AT Robertson
On Luke 4:28
They were all filled with wrath (επλησθησαν παντες θυμου). First aorist passive indicative of the common verb πιμπλημ followed by …
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 4:28
19th Century
Bishop
Were filled with wrath.—The admiration they had felt at first was soon turned into bitterness. They heard themselves spok…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 4:28–30
19th Century
Preacher
As they heard these things; and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 4:28
Nazareth lay among the ridges of the southern slopes of the Galilean hills. Jesus allowed the crowds to drive him out of the town (as he later did …
John Calvin
On Luke 4:28
16th Century
Theologian
Were filled with wrath They perceived that the object of those two examples, which Christ had produced, was to show that the grace of God …
John Gill
On Luke 4:28
17th Century
Pastor
And all they in the synagogue
The ruler and minister, and the whole multitude of the common people that were met tog…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 4:14–30
17th Century
Minister
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…