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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/luke/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But passing through their midst, he went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />But He, having passed through their midst, went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But he passing through the midst of them went his way,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But He passed through their midst and went on His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But passing through their midst, He went His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But passing through their midst, He went His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But passing through their midst, He went on His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But passing [miraculously] through the crowd, He went on His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But he passing through the midst of them went his way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But Jesus slipped through the crowd and got away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But he passing through the midst of them went his way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But Jesus walked right by them and went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but he walked through the middle of the crowd and went his way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But he walked right through the middle of them and went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But he passed through the crowd and went on his way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But he passing through the midst of them, went away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />but He passed through the midst of them and went His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But he, passing through the middle of them, went his way. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and He, having gone through the midst of them, went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />But He, having passed through their midst, went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he, having gone through the midst of them, went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he having passed through the midst of them, went away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But he passing through the midst of them, went his way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But passing through their midst, he went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But he passed through the midst of them and went away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But he passed through the midst of them and went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But he passed through the midst of them and he departed.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />But he passed through the midst of them, and went away.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />and He having passed through the midst of them went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />but he passing through the midst of them, went away.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />but he pass'd thro' the midst of them and went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />but He passed through the midst of them and went His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />but He, passing through their midst, was going His way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />But He passed through the midst of them, and went away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/4-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=1579" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/4.htm">The Rejection at Nazareth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">29</span>They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff. <span class="reftext">30</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autos (PPro-NM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/1330.htm" title="1330: dielthōn (V-APA-NMS) -- To pass through, spread (as a report). From dia and erchomai; to traverse.">passed</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3319.htm" title="3319: mesou (Adj-GNS) -- Middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of. From meta; middle (neuter) noun).">the crowd</a> <a href="/greek/4198.htm" title="4198: eporeueto (V-IIM/P-3S) -- To travel, journey, go, die. ">and went on His way.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">31</span>Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-59.htm">John 8:59</a></span><br />At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-39.htm">John 10:39</a></span><br />At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-14.htm">Matthew 12:14-15</a></span><br />But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. / Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-30.htm">John 7:30</a></span><br />So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-44.htm">John 7:44</a></span><br />Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/18-6.htm">John 18:6</a></span><br />When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-55.htm">Matthew 26:55</a></span><br />At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/11-18.htm">Mark 11:18</a></span><br />When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-54.htm">John 11:54</a></span><br />As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-25.htm">Acts 9:25</a></span><br />One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-17.htm">Acts 12:17</a></span><br />Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-6.htm">Acts 14:6</a></span><br />they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-10.htm">Acts 17:10</a></span><br />As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-14.htm">Acts 17:14</a></span><br />The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-18.htm">2 Kings 6:18-20</a></span><br />As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha. / And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria. / When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But he passing through the middle of them went his way,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-59.htm">John 8:59</a></b></br> Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/10-39.htm">John 10:39</a></b></br> Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/18-6.htm">John 18:6,7</a></b></br> As soon then as he had said unto them, I am <i>he</i>, they went backward, and fell to the ground… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/4-29.htm">Brow</a> <a href="/luke/4-29.htm">Built</a> <a href="/luke/4-29.htm">Cliff</a> <a href="/mark/15-15.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/luke/4-29.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/luke/2-16.htm">Hurried</a> <a href="/luke/2-46.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/luke/1-10.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/mark/15-29.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/luke/3-14.htm">Right</a> <a href="/luke/4-29.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/luke/4-29.htm">Throw</a> <a href="/mark/16-12.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/luke/4-16.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/17-5.htm">Brow</a> <a href="/luke/6-48.htm">Built</a> <a href="/luke/8-33.htm">Cliff</a> <a href="/luke/5-1.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/luke/6-13.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/luke/19-6.htm">Hurried</a> <a href="/luke/4-31.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/luke/8-20.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/luke/6-2.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/luke/6-2.htm">Right</a> <a href="/luke/4-38.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/luke/6-22.htm">Throw</a> <a href="/luke/24-15.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/luke/4-31.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/4-1.htm">The fasting and temptation of Jesus.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/4-14.htm">He begins to preach.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/4-16.htm">The people of Nazareth marvel at words, but seek to kill him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/4-33.htm">He cures one possessed of a demon,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/4-38.htm">Peter's mother-in-law,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/4-40.htm">and various other sick persons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/4-41.htm">The demons acknowledge Jesus, and are reproved for it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/4-42.htm">He preaches through the cities of Galilee.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But Jesus passed through the crowd</b><br>This phrase highlights the miraculous nature of Jesus' escape from a hostile situation. In the context of <a href="/luke/4.htm">Luke 4</a>, Jesus had just declared His messianic mission in the synagogue at Nazareth, which led to the crowd's anger. The ability to pass through the crowd unharmed suggests divine protection and authority. This moment can be seen as a fulfillment of the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/61.htm">Isaiah 61:1-2</a>, which Jesus read earlier in the chapter, emphasizing His anointed mission. The crowd's inability to harm Him underscores His divine nature and the fact that His time had not yet come, as seen in other instances like <a href="/john/7-30.htm">John 7:30</a> and <a href="/john/8-59.htm">John 8:59</a>, where Jesus eludes capture because His hour had not yet arrived.<p><b>and went on His way</b><br>This phrase indicates Jesus' determination and purpose in His ministry. Despite the rejection in Nazareth, He continues His mission, undeterred by opposition. This reflects the broader theme of Jesus' ministry, where He consistently moves forward with His divine purpose, as seen throughout the Gospels. The phrase also connects to the idea of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, who leads and guides with authority and purpose, as seen in <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-18</a>. His journey is not just a physical movement but a spiritual mission to bring salvation, as prophesied in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jesus is demonstrating His divine authority and control over the situation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a></b><br>The people in the synagogue at Nazareth who were filled with wrath and attempted to throw Jesus off a cliff.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nazareth.htm">Nazareth</a></b><br>The town where Jesus grew up and where this event takes place. It is significant as the place where Jesus was initially rejected by His own people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_synagogue.htm">The Synagogue</a></b><br>The setting for the preceding events where Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah and declared its fulfillment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cliff.htm">The Cliff</a></b><br>The location to which the crowd intended to take Jesus to throw Him off, demonstrating their rejection and hostility.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_authority_and_sovereignty.htm">Divine Authority and Sovereignty</a></b><br>Jesus' ability to pass through the crowd unharmed demonstrates His divine authority and control over all situations. Believers can trust in God's sovereignty in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rejection_and_perseverance.htm">Rejection and Perseverance</a></b><br>Jesus faced rejection in His hometown, yet He continued His mission. Christians are encouraged to persevere in their faith and calling, even when facing rejection or hostility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_protection.htm">God's Protection</a></b><br>Just as Jesus was protected from harm, believers can find comfort in God's promise of protection and care in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br>Jesus' actions and words in Nazareth were a fulfillment of prophecy, reminding believers of the reliability and truth of God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_hostility.htm">Responding to Hostility</a></b><br>Jesus' calm and authoritative response to hostility serves as a model for Christians in how to handle opposition with grace and confidence.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'first_will_be_last'_mean.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'first will be last'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_plot_of_jesus_christ_superstar.htm">What is the plot of Jesus Christ Superstar?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_jesus_christ.htm">Who is Jesus Christ?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jesus_attend_the_feast_secretly.htm">John 7:10 – How could Jesus go to the Feast secretly when such a gathering would have been highly public? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(30) <span class= "bld">He passing through the midst of them.</span>--The words do not necessarily involve a directly supernatural deliverance, as though the multitude had been smitten with blindness, or our Lord had become invisible. We have no right to insert miracles in the Gospel records. Calmness, silence, the moral power of self-possessed righteousness have in themselves a power, often proved, to baffle the fury of an angry mob.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 30.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But he passing through the midst of them went his way.</span> Not necessarily a miracle. There is nothing hinted here that our Lord rendered himself invisible, or that he smote his enemies with a temporary blindness. He probably quietly overawed these angry men with his calm self-possession, so that they forbore their cruel purpose, and thus he passed through their midst, and left Nazareth - as far as we know - forever. The foregoing is probably the same visit very briefly alluded to by St. Matthew (<a href="/matthew/13-54.htm">Matthew 13:54-58</a>) and by St. Mark (<a href="/mark/6-1.htm">Mark 6:1-6</a>), in both Gospels related in unchronological order. Most likely they were aware of the incident, but ignorant of the exact place it held among the early events of the Master's life. St. Luke, who gives it with far greater detail, inserts it evidently in its right place. Is it not at least probable that St. Luke derived his accurate knowledge of this Nazareth incident from Mary, or from some of her intimate circle, from whom he procured the information which he embodied in the earlier chapters of his Gospel? She, and others of her friends, would be likely to have preserved some accurate memories of this painful visit of Jesus to his old home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/4-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">But</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Jesus]</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτὸς</span> <span class="translit">(autos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">passed</span><br /><span class="grk">διελθὼν</span> <span class="translit">(dielthōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1330.htm">Strong's 1330: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass through, spread (as a report). From dia and erchomai; to traverse.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through</span><br /><span class="grk">διὰ</span> <span class="translit">(dia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the crowd]</span><br /><span class="grk">μέσου</span> <span class="translit">(mesou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3319.htm">Strong's 3319: </a> </span><span class="str2">Middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of. From meta; middle (neuter) noun).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] went on His way.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπορεύετο</span> <span class="translit">(eporeueto)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4198.htm">Strong's 4198: </a> </span><span class="str2">To travel, journey, go, die. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/luke/4-30.htm">Luke 4:30 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/luke/4-30.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 4:30 But he passing through the midst (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/4-29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 4:29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 4:29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/4-31.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 4:31"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 4:31" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>