Ep. 092 - Unwelcome (Jan 30, 2022)

Our Gospel continues where it left off last week in the synagogue in Nazareth. There Jesus’ honorable reception quickly turns to contempt. We’ll spend our episode looking deeper into the Greek of the text in order to make sense of the mixed reaction of the assembly and we’ll also dive into the broader context of the Isaiah quote in order to uncover the why behind the wrath of the town’s residents. In summary, Our Lord preaches a message of mercy for Gentiles but a message that his Jewish hometown is unwilling to hear.