Luke 4:30

“…and, without any express indication of the omissions they are making, proceeding precisely as if what they subjoin, followed actually in literal succession.” — editor's note: [The true solution of the difficulty is simple. Our Lord had already left Nazareth and made Capernaum His headquarters (comp. Luke iv. 30, 31). But Augustin…

“The Gospel says, “And when they would have cast Him headlong from the top of the mountain, He departed from them unhurt.”” — editor's note: Luke iv. 30.

“I. Such then is the account of the Son, and in this manner He has escaped those who would stone Him, passing through the midst of them.” — editor's note: Luke iv. 29, 30.

“But to Christ the title Nazarene was destined to become a suitable one, from the hiding-place of His infancy, for which He went down and dwelt at Nazareth, to escape from Archelaus the son of Herod.” — editor's note: Descendit apud, see Luke iv. 16–30.

“That part of chap. iv. which narrates Christ’s going into the synagogue at Nazareth and reading out of Isaiah he also rejected, and all afterwards to the end of ver. 30.” — the author cites it

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