Luke 4:22. And all bore witness, i.e., favorable witness.

Words of grace. He had evidently spoken at some length. ‘Grace' here refers to the beauty of His discourse, and not to its moral quality. They liked His ‘manner,' and as this was all, so soon as the ‘matter,' began to affect them unpleasantly, they rose in anger against Him. Marvel at words of gracefulness is a small result for the preacher.

Is not this Joseph's son? The wonder was that such graceful words could be spoken by ‘Joseph's son,' implying a contempt of His supposed origin, and envy of Him as such a preacher. The feeling was natural, but not the less sinful. No mention is made of His brothers and sisters, as in the accounts of Matthew and Mark.

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