“And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.”
But the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem — the rejection because he was heading for Jerusalem communicates that the Samaritans' refusal is political-religious: Jerusalem is the hated Jewish worship center. The rejection of Jesus by the Samaritans is the mirror of the rejection of Jesus by the Jews.
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