Luke 4:29

They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The synagogue crowd in Nazareth, enraged by Jesus' teaching in Luke 4:28, rises to violently expel Him from the city.

The words — The Greek ἀναστάντες (anastantes) and ἐξέβαλον (exebalon) denote the crowd's sudden rising and forceful casting of Jesus out of the city limits.

The thread — This violent rejection parallels John 8:59, where the same crowd attempts to stone Jesus before He passes through them, and echoes John 8:37's note that they seek to kill Him because His word finds no place in them.

Why it lands — The text records the crowd's physical attempt to execute Jesus on a cliff before His appointed hour, demanding the reader acknowledge divine sovereignty over human violence without softening the reality of the threat.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

Cross-references

John 8:59 At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
John 8:37 I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
Acts 21:28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
Numbers 15:35 And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
Psalms 37:14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Psalms 37:32 Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
John 8:40 But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
Acts 7:57 At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.