Luke 4:30

30 But he passed through their midst [and] went on his way.

Luke 4:30 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:30

But he passing through the midst of them
Either in so strong and powerful a manner, and with so much swiftness, that being once out of their hands, they could not lay hold on him again; or else he put on another form, or made himself invisible to them; or he held their eyes that they could not see him, or know him, as in ( Luke 24:16 ) however it was, he made use of, and showed his divine power; and which he did, because his time to die was not yet come, nor was he to die such a death: and this also shows, that when he did die, he laid down his life freely and voluntarily, since he could then have exerted his power, and delivered himself out of the hands of his enemies, as now: and

went his way;
from Nazareth elsewhere; nor do we read of his returning there any more.

Luke 4:30 In-Context

28 And all [those] in the synagogue were filled with anger [when they] heard these [things].

29 And they stood up [and] forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

30 But he passed through their midst [and] went on his way.

31 And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.

32 And they were astounded at his teaching, because {he spoke} with authority.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("passed") has been translated as a finite verb