What is happening when Jesus returns to Nazareth?

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Can someone wise tell me why:
  1. Jesus says what he says when he preaches in Nazareth?
  2. the people there get so angry with him?
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A prophet is not honored in his home town because they knew him growing up. They may simply be viewing Jesus as thinking he is better then they are, thus the jealously factor that Wisdom 2 teaches about may come into play.
 
In Engineering circles it has been claimed that to be considered an expert one must be at least 100 miles from home. 😃
 
Are you talking about Luke 4? They were excited to hear Jesus claim that Isaiah 61 was fulfilled, for this meant the restoration of the Kingdom was finally here.

But there joy quickly turned to anger when they found out that the Gentiles were to be included in this restoration (when Jesus speaks of Elijah and Elisha, he shows how the prophets performed miracles for the Gentiles when there were Israelites in need.

Why? Because they were expecting the restoration of Israel would create a mighty kingdom that would subdue the Gentiles. The Jews in Nazareth were not expecting the Restoration of Israel to mean that they would be come a Light to the Gentiles.
 
Big_Dummy said:
A prophet is not honored in his home town because they knew him growing up. They may simply be viewing Jesus as thinking he is better then they are, thus the jealously factor that Wisdom 2 teaches about may come into play.
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I’ve noticed that a priest rarely pastors in the parish that he grew up in. That’s not a coincidence.
 
Thanks. Very helpful comments.

I wonder how familiar Jesus was with his fellow townspeople. They seem to be saying, “This guy? He’s the messiah? We know all about this guy.”
 
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