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“His Own Received Him Not”
Luk 4:14-30
A wide gap occurs here, embracing the important transactions of Joh 1:29-51; Joh 2:1-25; Joh 3:1-36; Joh 4:1-54.
What a flutter in Mary’s heart when she saw her son sitting in the teacher’s place of His native synagogue! How gratified at the reception given to the opening sentences! What a sword pierced her heart at the sudden revulsion of feeling! They were jealous that He performed only a few private miracles; but He could not do more because of their unbelief. See Mar 6:5.
Note that our Lord here sounded forth the silver trumpet of jubilee. Seizing on the imagery of the gladdest festival of Hebrew life, He likened Himself to a priest proclaiming the acceptable year of the Lord. Not yet the day of vengeance! Compare Luk 4:19 with Isa 61:1-2. This is Christ’s program for the present age.