He came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?" And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house." And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith. (Mt 13:54-58)
Jesus comes back to his native place and teaches the people. Native place and teaching do not seem to go together. People of the native place see him as one of them. They see him through his relations and relatives. They see him as one of them. They see him, probably, as they see themselves. They have no esteem for themselves or their native place.
He taught them. He taught them with wisdom (where did this man get this wisdom?) and authority. His teaching did not show any relation to his native soil. His teaching was different. His teaching belonged to somewhere which they could not decode. They could wonder about it or they could doubt. Many people wondered about him but his own people doubted about his teaching.
Jesus knew where he was from and what he was teaching. He was from God and he was teaching about the kingdom. People needed faith to accept this and understand this. Only a man of faith will see things in divine perspective. Native perspective will reveal only certain things about an individual but a divine perspective will reveal everything.
