Luke Chapter 4 verse 24 Holy Bible
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
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And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.
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And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] country.
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And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
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He said, "Most assuredly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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and he said, `Verily I say to you -- No prophet is accepted in his own country;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But instead of gratifying their curiosity and supplying them with some more empty arguments why they should not listen to his words, the Lord quietly quotes a proverb well known to all people - Farrar calls it a curious psychological fact - the quoting prefaced by the solemn "verily." The Master was evidently looking far beyond the little prejudices of Nazareth. "His own country" meant far more than the narrow circuit bounded by the Nazareth hills. The Speaker was thinking of all the chosen people - of the Jews, who as a nation he knew too well would not accept him. But if Israel would have none of him, he would reign in the hearts of that unnumbered multitude who peopled the isles of the Gentiles.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) No prophet is accepted.--The proverb is remarkable as having been quoted by our Lord certainly twice, possibly oftener: (1) on this His first visit after His baptism to Nazareth; (2) on His second visit (Matthew 13:57; Mark 6:4). St. John's reference to it (John 4:44) may have risen out of one or other of these two occasions, but it rather conveys the impression of the saying having been often on the lips of Jesus.
