“And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,”
All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this — the furious (eplēsthēsan thymou, filled with anger) response communicates that the crowd understood exactly what Jesus was saying. The Elijah-Elisha illustrations are not abstract theological points — they imply that the hometown crowd may miss the visitation that Gentile outsiders receive. The anger is the anger of people who believe their privilege is being denied.
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