“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.”
And because of his words many more became believers.
(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.