Luke 4:29. And they rose up, tumultuously from their seats in the synagogue.

Cast him forth. Forced Him out, expelled Him.

Led him. That He was in their custody is evident

Unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built. Nazareth still answers to this description. The precipice was probably that behind the Maronite church at the present head of the town, and not the so-called Mount of Precipitation, which lies two miles from Nazareth.

Throw him down head-long. Compare the Tarpeian rock at Rome, from which the Roman mob cast unpopular persons.

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