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MATTHEW 13:54 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 13:53Matt 13:55
“And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?”
And coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said: where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? The rejection at Nazareth — Jesus' hometown — follows the Parable Discourse. The astonishment at his wisdom and mighty works is genuine but does not produce faith. The question where did this man get is the question of origin: the Nazarenes know Jesus' family and cannot reconcile his teaching and miracles with his ordinary origins.

Church Fathers on Matthew 13:54

After the parables which the Lord spake to the people, and which the Apostles only understand, He goes over into His own country that He may teach there also.

Jerome · 4th century

From the foregoing discourse consisting of these parables, He passes to what follows without any very evident connexion between them. Besides which, Mark passes from these parables to a different event from what Matthew here gives; and Luke agrees with him, so continuing the thread of the story as to make it much more probable that that which they relate followed here, namely, about the ship in which Jesus slept, and the miracle of the daemons cast out; which Matthew has…

Augustine · 4th century · De Cons. Ev., ii, 42

By 'his own country' here, He means Nazareth; for it was not there but in Capharnaum that, as is said below, He wrought so many miracles; but to these He shews His doctrine, causing no less wonder than His miracles.

Chrysostom · 4th century · Hom., xlviii
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