King James Version
Luke 4:24 in the King James Version says “And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.”
Luke 4:24 · KJV
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Verily”
G281properly, firm, i.e., (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be it)
“I say”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“prophet”
G4396a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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