Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 13:54

54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, whence hath this man wisdom, and these mighty works?

Mark relateth this Passage, Ch. 6.1.2, 3, 4. Our Lord went up and down Preaching the Gospel, he having Preached unto the People in the former Parables, now he departeth from the Sea-side, where he Preached as before, into his own Countrey, most Interpreters judge Nazareth, he was born in Bethlehem, but we read little or nothing of any time he spent there afterward. Nazareth was the place, where he was brought up, and therefore he was called Iesus of Nazareth. There he preached in the Synagogue, or in the Synagogues of Galilee. Mark addeth on the Sabbath Day. Insomuch that they were astonished. It is not said they repented, or believed, but they admired at him, and were a[illegible: 1 letter]tonished, and said, whence hath this Man this Wisdom, and these mighty Works? That is, a Power to do these mighty Works. Mark saith, whence hath this Man these Things? And what Wisdom i[illegible: 1 letter] this, that is given unto him, that even such mighty Works are wrought by his Hands? Astonishment, and Ad [illegible: 1 letter]iration flow from Ignorance, and are no Indications of any spiritual saving Work upon mens Hearts; we shall see that these Iews notwithstanding their Astonishment: are by and by scandalized, and offended at Christ.

Marginal references: Luk. 4.16.