And he added, “I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”
and because of his word many more believed.
(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.