Jesus returned to His hometown with His disciples. As was His custom He taught in the synagogue on the Sabbath. Notice again the emphasis Jesus placed on teaching. The people were amazed at His teaching.
They wondered how He managed to have such wisdom, and also how He managed to do the miracles. They then looked at His background. They knew Jesus, they knew His family, His job, so how could He do these things? So they took offense at Him. So His background seemed to count for more with them than the things He taught and the things He did.
While Jesus placed emphasis on teaching, He saw miracles as a natural accompaniment to them.
Jesus knew that the people's reaction was normal, it was a typical human reaction. So Jesus was unable to do many miracles except heal a few sick people. Jesus was amazed at their lack of faith.
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