Lukas 4:28

28 En zij werden allen in de synagoge met toorn vervuld, als zij dit hoorden.

Lukas 4:28 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:28

And all they in the synagogue
The ruler and minister, and the whole multitude of the common people that were met together there for worship; and who before were amazed at his eloquence, and the gracefulness of his delivery; and could not but approve of his ministry, though they could not account for it, how he should come by his qualifications for it:

when they heard these things;
these two instances of Elijah and Elisha, the one supplying the wants of a Sidonian woman, and the other healing a Syrian leper, when no notice were taken by them of poor widows and lepers in Israel:

were filled with wrath;
for by these instances they perceived, that they were compared to the Israelites in the times of wicked Ahab and Jezebel; and that no miracles were to be wrought among them, or benefits conferred on them, though they were his townsmen; yea, that the Gentiles were preferred unto them: and indeed the calling of the Gentiles was here plainly intimated, which was always ungrateful and provoking to the Jews; and it was suggested, that the favours of God, and grace of the Messiah, are dispensed in a sovereign and discriminating way, than which nothing is more offensive to carnal minds.

Lukas 4:28 In-Context

26 En tot geen van haar werd Elias gezonden, dan naar Sarepta Sidonis, tot een vrouw, die weduwe was.

27 En er waren vele melaatsen in Israel, ten tijde van den profeet Elisa; en geen van hen werd gereinigd, dan Naaman, de Syrier.

28 En zij werden allen in de synagoge met toorn vervuld, als zij dit hoorden.

29 En opstaande, wierpen zij Hem uit, buiten de stad, en leidden Hem op den top des bergs, op denwelken hun stad gebouwd was, om Hem van de steilte af te werpen.

30 Maar Hij, door het midden van hen doorgegaan zijnde, ging weg.