A prophet is not recognized in his own land?

Answer 1

In other words, a prophet is honored everywhere but in his own country and in his own home. Jesus spoke these words to show that those who had only recently heard believed, while those who knew him since he was a child did not. The modern day equivalent is that those who don't know you that well will treat you with respect, while often times your family treats you with contempt.

Answer:I had this happen to me when I became a minister. One of my sisters called me up one day and asked me sarcastically "You are going to be a minister?" To this day she still never comes when I have sermons etc. The rest of the family does but not her. She pretends to love me and support me but they are just words. The same happens whenever I call her on the phone, she rarely calls back.

One of my former pastors had the same problem with his sister. She always makes fun of him whenever he talks to her. The point is, it is not people who determine what you do for God. Your and my job is to obey God regardless of what people say. The same thing was true of Jesus. The crowds loved Jesus, but the Pharisees did not. So should he have given up his mission to save us because not everyone accepted him? No, of course not.

Yes, it hurts when this happens and our emotions are involved. But God has set before each of us the duty to do what he asks of us if we are Christians. I lost a lot of friends when I became a Christian but I also gained a lot of friends. We have to keep going for God regardless of what people say. That is a tool of the enemy to discourage us and make us quit. So we have a choice, either give up when people assail us with comments or go on with God and be blessed. What will you choose?

Answer 2

i believe it was his own friends and familiar aquaintances in Nazareth where He grew up. The people from Jesus' hometown could not fathom that he could be the Son of God, since they saw him grow up as a child and display human characteristics. Because of their unbelief, they could not receive any needed blessings, healings or miracles.

Answer 3

Basically, it means that someone who achieves greatness will never be thought of of as great by people who knew him when he was just a regular guy. At least, I think that's what I think it means.

Answer 4

It means that everyone honours a prophet except the people in his own country and in his own house.

Jesus went back to his country where he was born and no one there believed that he was the Son of God; therefore, they did not have faith and he performed no miracles there. Neither did the people in his own house believe.

Answer 5

Prophets are all called by god, so as to warn the people of their wrong doings, but these evil men paid no heed to them and usually rejected these simple prophets.