Similarly, we perhaps should find in Luke’s use of ἐπορεύετο, “he went on his way,” a reference to the divine pattern laid out for the life of Jesus and finding its goal in Jerusalem (4:42; 7:6, 11; 9:51, 52, 53, 56, 57; 13:33; 17:11; 22:22—Tannehill, “Mission,” 62; Masson, “Jésus à Nazareth,” 63). The Nazareth ministry is presented as a concrete example of preaching in the synagogues of Galilee (v 15 and cf. v 16: “as was his custom”). The synagogue scene is recounted entirely with
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