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Luke 4:29
New English Translation
Luke 4:29
New English Translation
29 They got up, forced[a] him out of the town,[b] and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that[c] they could throw him down the cliff.[d]
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- Luke 4:29 tn Grk “cast.”
- Luke 4:29 tn Or “city.”
- Luke 4:29 tn The Greek conjunction ὥστε (hōste) here indicates their purpose.
- Luke 4:29 sn The attempt to throw him down the cliff looks like “lynch law,” but it may really be an indication that Jesus was regarded as a false prophet who was worthy of death (Deut 13:5). Such a sentence meant being thrown into a pit and then stoned.
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