“We must therefore inquire whether by the expression "his own country" is meant Nazareth or Bethlehem. It might have been Nazareth, because of the saying "he shall be called a Nazarene." Or it might have been Bethlehem, since he was born there. Furthermore, I wonder whether the Evangelists could have said "coming to Be…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 10.16
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53And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
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51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
— Matthew 13:53 —
54And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
55Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?