amazingly rejected

And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Luke 4:21

The scripture that was fulfilled in the Nazareth hometown synagogue of Jesus was Isaiah 61:1-2. Jesus was claiming in the fulfillment of this passage to be the Spirit-empowered anointed Messiah sent by God to save His people.

He would preach good news to the poor, a ministry He had already begun. He would set captives free, bring sight to the blind, liberate those under oppression, and proclaim a new favor of grace coming from the Father.

And within the hearing of the town that had seen Jesus grow up, raised as the son of Joseph the carpenter, the mood began to shift against Jesus. At first they were amazed that Jesus spoke such gracious, yet bold words. Jesus knew however that they craved the spectacular, jealous that Jesus had already performed miracles elsewhere. 

They truly did not believe the words He said were prophesied about Him. They rejected the Word of God and the Son of God. When they set out to toss Him off the cliff after He confronted their unbelief, Jesus calmly walked through the mob, leaving Nazareth behind for Capernaum, intent to continue His gospel calling. Nothing could stop Him as He proclaimed the gospel, healed the sick, made disciples, and marched on eventually to give His life at the Father’s appointed time as the only Lord and Savior.