• PER161 Return to Nazareth

    The second return of Jesus to Nazareth (March AD 32) is recounted by Matthew and Mark. Despite his teaching in the synagogue, the townspeople reject him because of their familiarity with him and his family. Their lack of faith limits his miracles. Jesus utters the famous saying: ‘A prophet is despised only in his own country.’ Mark adds details absent from Matthew: the presence of the disciples and Jesus’ astonishment at their unbelief.

    Mark 6.5 (King James Version) :
    And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
    King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org
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