And all spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from His mouth … [but it wasn’t long before] all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove Him out of town and brought Him to the brow of the hill … so that they could throw Him down the cliff. Luke 4:22 & 28b-29 ESV1
Read Luke 4: 16-30, Matthew 13:53-58 & Mark 6:1-6
People are fickle. They like it when you encourage them and tell them what they want to hear. But when you confront them on some issue, they are usually not so friendly. Though it likely didn’t surprise Jesus, because “He knew what was in a man” (John 2:25), and He had seen Israel “kill the prophets and stone those sent to” her (Matthew 23:37), Jesus Himself experienced this truth, you might say, a little too close to home in Nazareth, from his own relatives, friends, and neighbors.