Luke 4:29

“And rose up, etc.] In great wrath, and, in a noisy and tumultuous manner, before the service was well over, and without being regularly dismissed: and thrust him out of the city; first out of the synagogue, and then out of their city, as unworthy to be in it, though an inhabitant of it; and as if he had done something deserving of death; and therefore to be punished as a malefactor without the city: and led him unto the brow of the hill; the edge of it, where it run out, and hung over the precipice: whereon their city was built; so that it was a city upon an hill, and very visible, to which Christ may allude in (<400514>Matthew 5:14). That they might cast him down headlong; and break him to…”

“rose up--broke up the service irreverently and rushed forth. thrust him--with violence, as a prisoner in their hands. brow, &c.--Nazareth, though not built on the ridge of a hill, is in part surrounded by one to the west, having several such precipices. (See Ch2 25:12; Kg2 9:33.) It was a mode of capital punishment not unusual among the Romans and others. This was the first insult which the Son of God received, and it came from "them of His own household!" (Mat 10:36).”

“The brow of the hill whereon ... - The region in which Nazareth was is hilly, though Nazareth was situated “between” two hills, or in a vale among mountains. The place to which they led the Saviour is still shown, and is called the “Mount of Precipitation.” It is at a short distance to the south of Nazareth. See the notes at Matthew 2:23. Cast him down - This was the effect of a popular tumult. They had no legal right to take life on any occasion, and least of all in this furious and irregular manner. The whole transaction shows: That the character given of the Galileans elsewhere as being especially wicked was a just one. To what extremities the wickedness of the heart will lead people when…”

“and thrust: Joh 8:37, Joh 8:40, Joh 8:59, Joh 15:24, Joh 15:25; Act 7:57, Act 7:58, Act 16:23, Act 16:24, Act 21:28-32 brow: or, edge that: Ch2 25:12; Psa 37:14, Psa 37:32, Psa 37:33 Luke 4:30”