Home town- 6:1-6

Chapter 6

and they left from there, and came (erchetai) into his own home town – patrida- patris 1. a relatively large geographical area associated with one's familial connections and personal life, fatherland, homeland
2. a relatively restricted area as locale of one's immediate family and ancestry, home town, one's own part of the country.

I wonder if a certain amount of time has passed since the happenings of chapter 5.
A homecoming; but Jesus is not welcomed back with open arms. Nazareth sounds as though it was smaller than Capernaum- He was well known here- oukh houtos estin ho tektwn, o wios tes Marias kai adelfos Iakwbou kai Iwsetos kai Iouda kai Simwnos; kai ouk eisin hai adelfai autou hwde pros 'emas
Is this not the Carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon and are not his sisters here with us?
This is a bit of a classic and perhaps shows how well Jesus did incarnation. He had been the tektwn or the son of the tektwn for somewhere around 20 years- and worked for at least 15 of those. This is how he is known- as evidenced by the way his fellow townspeople fit him into the scheme of things- occupation/ family. There does not seem to be any suspicion that Jesus may have turned out like this- We always thought that boy was destined for great things- he always was wise beyond his years- there was that time he healed gertrude's boy. Somehow Jesus the Carpenter was too normal a jewish Carpenter to warrant the possibility- too good a fit to be sprouting such wisdom and doing such deeds of power through his hands. So they took offence at him- sounds very Australian- tall poppy stuff. (Can work the other way too- the hometown/family environment can hold you back- like Harold in Nowra feeling people had this set idea of her and it was hard to 'be' out of that)
Shack quote------ (We routinely disqualify testimony that would plead for extenuation. That is, we are so persuaded of the rightness of our judgement as to invalidate evidence that does not confirm us in it. Nothing deserves to be called truth could ever be arrived at by such a means. -Marilynne Robinson, The Death of Adam).
His family have already had a similar reaction – now the people he grew up with.
Would seem to point to Jesus not doing any deeds of power before his public mission- and not particularly doing any teaching either- maybe no discipling either- what was he up to? Former teachers and mentors of mine would say that he had failed to live up to his potential- been a bit of a disappointment. What exactly was happening when Jesus got baptised?
And in those Nazareth years what was running through Jesus head- did he know at 25 he wasn't ready yet? Still had to reach the flower of manhood- still had to grow in his experience and understanding of his Father?
The preparation is thorough.

Jesus quickly puts his finger on what's going on- (did he know what would happen when he went back? or did he suspect it and not fully know- but went anyway?)

There is a contrast in Nazareth to the amazing events that have come before- here he could do no deed of power, except a few minor healings. He marvelled at/ wondered at there unbelief. Seems pretty significant the effect of lack of faith. What was the root here of Jesus marvelling at the lack of faith. Was it because he knew (and loved) these people he had grown up with- knew there ways and their goodnesses, wanted to share the kingdom with them, was hoping many of those old friends and acquaintances would enter in- and hardly any did- that in this case it was the villagers not living up to their potential?