Luke 4:24
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
Luke 4:24 in other translations
| BSB | Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown. |
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| WEB | He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. |
| ASV | And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country. |
| YLT | and he said, ‘Verily I say to you--No prophet is accepted in his own country; |
| DARBY | And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country. |
| BBE | And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country. |
| Webster | And he said, Verily I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. |
What does Luke 4:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 4:14-30
Christ taught in their synagogues, their places of public worship, where they met to read, expound, and apply the word, to pray and praise. All the gifts and graces of the Spirit were upon him and on him, without measure. By Christ, sinners may be loosed from the bonds of guilt, and by his Spirit and grace from the bondage of corruption. He came by the word of his gospel, to bring light to those that sat in the…
Luke 4:24 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 4:24
- Matthew 13:57
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
- John 4:44
For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
- Mark 6:4-5
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- Acts 22:3
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
- Acts 22:18-22
And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. …
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Context
- Luke 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
- Luke 4:24
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
- Luke 4:25
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luke 4:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo: De cierto os digo, que ningún profeta es acepto en su tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit: En vérité, je vous dis qu’aucun prophète n’est reçu dans son pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er sprach aber: Wahrlich, ich sage euch, daß kein Prophet in seiner Vaterstadt angenehm ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ait autem: Amen dico vobis, quia nemo propheta acceptus est in patria sua. |