Luke 4:24
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And he said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.
Webster's Revision
And he said, Verily I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
World English Bible
He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
Definitions for Luke 4:24
Clarke's Luke 4:24 Bible Commentary
No prophet is accepted - See on Matthew 13:55-57 (note).
Barnes's Luke 4:24 Bible Commentary
No prophet is accepted - Has honor, or is acknowledged as a prophet. See the notes at Matthew 13:57.
Wesley's Luke 4:24 Bible Commentary
4:24 No prophet is acceptable in his own country - That is, in his own neighbourhood. It generally holds, that a teacher sent from God is not so acceptable to his neighbours as he is to strangers.The meanness of his family, or lowness of his circumstances, bring his office into contempt: nor can they suffer that he, who was before equal with, or below themselves, should now bear a superior character.
