"No prophet is acceptable in his own country"

Scripture: Luke 4:16-30

It was customary for Jesus to go weekly to the synagogue to worship and on occasion to read the scriptures and comment on them to the people. His home town folks listened with rapt attention on this occasion because they had heard about the miracles he had performed in other towns. What sign would he do in his home town? Jesus startled them with a seeming rebuke that no prophet or servant of God can receive honour among his own people. He then angered them when he complimented the gentiles who seemed to have shown more faith in God than the "chosen ones" of Israel.