And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.)
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
And many more believed because of his word.