Verse 15
15. Thou, Capernaum In neither of the awful maledictions upon the incorrigible cities, as reported by different evangelists, does Jesus include Nazareth. The reason assigned for this by commentators, namely, that its inclusion might have been attributed to personal resentment, would apply equally well to either of the cities by whom he was rejected. May we not rather suppose that it was a manifestation of human tenderness for the home of his mother and of his own childhood? Nor has Nazareth so been blotted from existence, like the others, as that its site is doubtful.
The Seventy went their ways, and Jesus proceeded to Jerusalem, where took place the events of the FEAST OF TABERNACLES. John 7:14; John 10:21. Luke, however, as if to complete the history of the Seventy in one passage, immediately subjoins their return.
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