Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 4:22

22 And all bare him witness, and wondred at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Josephs son?

All that heard our Saviour in the Synagogue bare him witness. Of what? Not that he was the Me[illegible: 1 letter]sias, much less the Son of God. but they praised his discourse in opening the Prophecy, they did not believe in him, but they admired the Wisdom▪ and Piety of h[illegible: 2 letters] discourses▪ they admired the effects of the Grace of God in him, his gracious Words, but see the wretchedness of carnal hearts, in their proneness to take up prejudices, to choak the beginnings of any co[illegible: 1 letter]victions in themselves. They do not admire the Power of Divine Grace, that they could so far influence one of so mean an education as they took Christ to have had. But dreaming that the Kingdom of God must come with observation, and the coming o[illegible: 1 letter] the Me[illegible: 1 letter]siah must be in great outward splendour and Glory, they stumble at his Parent, because (tho of the house of David) they were of so mean a visible quality.

Marginal references: Mat. 13.54, 55,; Jo[illegible: 1 letter] 6.42.