Matthew 13:54

πατρίδα, in classics fatherland. Here and in parallels evidently = native town, home. Vide Matthew 13:56 and Luke 4:16. συναγωγῇ, singular, not plural, as in Vulgate. One syn. index of size of town (Grotius). ὤστε, with infinitive: tendency and actual result. They were astonished and said: πόθεν … δυνάμεις, wisdom and marvellous works; of the latter they had heard, of the former they had had a sample. Whence? that is the question; not from schools, parentage, family, social environment, or mere surroundings and circumstances of any kind.