Luke 4:24

24 and he said, `Verily I say to you -- No prophet is accepted in his own country;

Luke 4:24 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:24

And he said, verily I say unto you
Another proverb in use among them, the meaning of which was well known to them, and was very appropriate to the present case:

no prophet is accepted in his own country;
(See Gill on Matthew 13:57)

Luke 4:24 In-Context

22 and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?'

23 And he said unto them, `Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

24 and he said, `Verily I say to you -- No prophet is accepted in his own country;

25 and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

26 and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but -- to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;