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Luk 4:26. Ἡλίας, Elias) For which reason people like those of Nazareth might have brought the same objection against Elijah and Elisha, which they brought against Christ. But Elijah was not sent to those with whom he was not likely to be accepted. Therefore not even at Nazareth [though “His country”] shall the glory of the Messiah be needlessly thrown away.-τῆς Σιδῶνος, Sidon) Oftentimes in the temples and schools much labour is bestowed without any fruit resulting among one’s hearers that are connected with us: whereas, to some one stranger some one sermon, letter, or little treatise, proves the instrument of salvation.-πρὸς γυναῖκα unto a woman) It was therefore the widow that received the benefit, when she was seeming to have been the giver to the prophet, rather than vice versâ.