He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him — the movement narrows from cosmic rejection to the particular rejection by Israel, Jesus' own people. "His own" (ta idia) suggests belonging, inheritance, and right—Jesus comes to those bound to him by covenant promise, yet faces refusal. The double meaning of "his own"—first neuter (things), then masculine (people)—deepens the pathos. This verse anticipates the Gospel's account of Jewish religious authorities' opposition.

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