And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
And rose up (breaking up the service irreverently and rushing forth) and thrust him out of the city - with violence, as a prisoner in their hands.
And led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built. Nazareth, though not built on the ridge of a hill, is in part surrounded by one to the west, having several such precipices. It was a mode of capital punishment not unusual in ancient times among the Jews (see 2 Chronicles 25:12; 2 Kings 9:33), the Romans, and others; and to this day examples of it occur in the East. This was the first open insult which the Son of God received, and it came from "them of His own household"! (Matthew 10:36).