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    Jesus the victim of mob violence in Galilee (Luke 4:14-30). What had he done to provoke it?

    Agreed ― up to a point. Pride in what, exactly? If Luke has correctly quoted Jesus’ words about Elijah and the widow and about Elisha and Naaman, that would suggest he has offended their pride in the privileged status of Israel as God’s chosen people. But in the version presented by Mark and...
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    Jesus the victim of mob violence in Galilee (Luke 4:14-30). What had he done to provoke it?

    Thank you, @dkontner. Yes, that would certainly apply to the congregation’s reaction in Mark and Matthew. No doubt about it. But what about Luke’s version, where Jesus attaches special significance to two OT episodes, one involving Elijah and the widow and the other Elisha’s healing of Naaman...
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    Jesus the victim of mob violence in Galilee (Luke 4:14-30). What had he done to provoke it?

    The Nazareth synagogue episode is reported in all three Synoptics, only briefly in Mark and Matthew but at considerably greater length in Luke. Among other incidents, Luke is the only one who has recorded the threat to kill Jesus by throwing him over the edge of a cliff (link below). First, in...
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