Matthew 13:54
Verse 54. And when he was come into his own country] Probably Nazareth, where his parents lived, and where he had continued till his thirtieth year, though it appears he had a lodging in Peter's house at Capernaum. They were astonished] It appears, hence, that our blessed Lord had lived in obscurity all the time above specified; for his countrymen appear not to have heard his doctrines, nor seen his miracles, until now. It is a melancholy truth, that those who should know Christ best are often the most ignorant of himself, the doctrines of his word, and the operations of his Spirit. Matthew 13:58
Verse 58. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief] δυναμεις, miracles. So the word is used, Mt 7:22; 11:20; Ac 19:11; 1Co 12:28; Ga 3:5; Heb 2:4. The Septuagint translates niphleoth el, the miraculous works of God, by δυναμινκυριου. Unbelief and contempt drive Christ out of the heart, as they did out of his own country. Faith seems to put the almighty power of God into the hands of men; whereas unbelief appears, to tie up even the hands of the Almighty. A man, generally speaking, can do but little good among his relatives, because it is difficult for them to look with the eyes of faith upon one whom they have been accustomed to behold with the eyes of the flesh.-QUESNEL. A DISSERTATION ON THE NATURE AND USE OF PARABOLICAL WRITINGS. See the notes at the beginning of this chapter. Mt 13:1
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