Luke 4:30

New Century Version

but Jesus walked through the crowd and went on his way.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But he walked through the middle of the crowd and went away.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But he went his waye eve thorow the myddes of them:

Hebrew Names Version
But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.

International Standard Version
But he walked right through the middle of them and went away.John 8:59; 10:39;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
But He passed through their midst and went on His way.

Update Bible Version
But he passing through the midst of them went his way.

Webster's Bible Translation
But he passing through the midst of them, went away,

Amplified Bible
But passing [miraculously] through the crowd, He went on His way.

English Standard Version
But passing through their midst, he went away.

World English Bible
But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But he passing thro' the midst of them, went away.

Weymouth's New Testament
but He passed through the midst of them and went His way.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Jhesus passide, and wente thorou the myddil of hem; and cam doun in to Cafarnaum,

English Revised Version
But he passing through the midst of them went his way.

Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus slipped through the crowd and got away.

American Standard Version
But he passing through the midst of them went his way.

Bible in Basic English
But he came through them and went on his way.

Complete Jewish Bible
But he walked right through the middle of the crowd and went away.

Darby Translation
but *he*, passing through the midst of them, went his way,

Etheridge Translation
but he passed through them and went.

Murdock Translation
But he passed through the midst of them, and went away.

King James Version (1611)
But he passing thorow the mids of them, went his way:

New Living Translation
but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.

New Life Bible
But Jesus got away from among them and went on His way.

New Revised Standard
But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But he passed through the middes of them, and went his way,

George Lamsa Translation
But he passed through the midst of them and went away.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he passing through the midst of them, went his way.

Revised Standard Version
But passing through the midst of them he went away.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he, passyng through the myddes of them, went his way:

Good News Translation
but he walked through the middle of the crowd and went his way.

Christian Standard Bible®
But he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.

King James Version
But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

Lexham English Bible
But he passed through their midst and went on his way.

Literal Translation
But He went away, passing through their midst.

Young's Literal Translation
and he, having gone through the midst of them, went away.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he wente his waye euen thorow the myddest of them,

Mace New Testament (1729)
but he pass'd thro' the midst of them and went away.

New English Translation
But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

New King James Version
Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But right before they succeeded, he just shook his head and walked right out of the middle of them like it was no big deal. He saddled up and rode off.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But passing through their midst, He went His way.

Legacy Standard Bible
But passing through their midst, He went on His way.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Holy Spirit, and stories about him spread all through the area. ¹⁵ He began to teach in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. ¹⁶ Jesus traveled to Nazareth, where he had grown up. On the Sabbath day he went to the synagogue, as he always did, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ The book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. He opened the book and found the place where this is written: ¹⁸ "The Lord has put his Spirit in me, because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to tell the captives they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again. Isaiah 61:1 God sent me to free those who have been treated unfairly Isaiah 58:6 ¹⁹ and to announce the time when the Lord will show his kindness." Isaiah 61:2 ²⁰ Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the assistant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue was watching Jesus closely. ²¹ He began to say to them, "While you heard these words just now, they were coming true!" ²² All the people spoke well of Jesus and were amazed at the words of grace he spoke. They asked, "Isn't this Joseph's son?" ²³ Jesus said to them, "I know that you will tell me the old saying: ‘Doctor, heal yourself.' You want to say, ‘We heard about the things you did in Capernaum. Do those things here in your own town!'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 8:59, John 10:39, John 18:6, John 18:7, Acts 12:18

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:11 - And David 1 Samuel 19:10 - he slipped Matthew 4:13 - leaving Luke 24:31 - vanished out of their sight John 5:13 - had John 20:14 - and knew

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he passing through the midst of them,.... Either in so strong and powerful a manner, and with so much swiftness, that being once out of their hands, they could not lay hold on him again; or else he put on another form, or made himself invisible to them; or he held their eyes that they could not see him, or know him, as in Luke 24:16 however it was, he made use of, and showed his divine power; and which he did, because his time to die was not yet come, nor was he to die such a death: and this also shows, that when he did die, he laid down his life freely and voluntarily, since he could then have exerted his power, and delivered himself out of the hands of his enemies, as now: and

went his way; from Nazareth elsewhere; nor do we read of his returning there any more.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Passing through the midst of, them, went his way - This escape was very remarkable. It is remarkable that he should escape out of their hands when their very object was to destroy him, and that he should escape in so peaceful a manner, without violence or conflict. A similar case is recorded in John 8:59. There are but two ways of accounting for this:

1. That “other Nazarenes,” who had not been present in the synagogue, heard what was doing and came to rescue him, and in the contest that rose between the two parties Jesus silently escaped.
2. More probably that Jesus by divine power, by the force of a word or look, stilled their passions, arrested their purposes, and passed silently through them. That he “had” such a power over the spirits of people we learn from the occurrence in Gethsemane, when he said, “I am he; and they went backward and fell to the ground,” John 18:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. Passing through the midst of them — Either he shut their eyes so that they could not see him; or he so overawed them by his power as to leave them no strength to perform their murderous purpose. The man Christ Jesus was immortal till his time came; and all his messengers are immortal till their work is done.

The following relation of a fact presents a scene something similar to what I suppose passed on this occasion: A missionary, who had been sent to a strange land to proclaim the Gospel of the kingdom of God, and who had passed through many hardships, and was often in danger of losing his life, through the persecutions excited against him, came to a place where he had often before, at no small risk, preached Christ crucified. About fifty people, who had received good impressions from the word of God, assembled: he began his discourse; and, after he had preached about thirty minutes, an outrageous mob surrounded the house, armed with different instruments of death, and breathing the most sanguinary purposes. Some that were within shut the door; and the missionary and his flock betook themselves to prayer. The mob assailed the house, and began to hurl stones against the walls, windows, and roof; and in a short time almost every tile was destroyed, and the roof nearly uncovered, and before they quitted the premises scarcely left one square inch of glass in the five windows by which the house was enlightened. While this was going forward, a person came with a pistol to the window opposite to the place where the preacher stood, (who was then exhorting his flock to be steady, to resign themselves to God, and trust in him,) presented it at him, and snapped it; but it only flashed in the pan! As the house was a wooden building, they began with crows and spades to undermine it, and take away its principal supports. The preacher then addressed his little flock to this effect: "These outrageous people seek not you, but me; if I continue in the house, they will soon pull it down, and we shall be all buried in its ruins; I will therefore, in the name of God, go out to them, and you will be safe." He then went towards the door; the poor people got round him, and entreated him not to venture out, as he might expect to be instantly massacred; he went calmly forward, opened the door, at which a whole volley of stones and dirt was that instant discharged; but he received no damage. The people were in crowds in all the space before the door, and filled the road for a considerable way, so that there was no room to pass or repass. As soon as the preacher made his appearance, the savages became instantly as silent and as still as night: he walked forward; and they divided to the right and to the left, leaving a passage of about four feet wide for himself and a young man who followed him, to walk in. He passed on through the whole crowd, not a soul of whom either lifted a hand, or spoke one word, till he and his companion had gained the uttermost skirts of the mob! The narrator, who was present on the occasion, goes on to say: "This was one of the most affecting spectacles I ever witnessed; an infuriated mob, without any visible cause, (for the preacher spoke not one word,) became in a moment as calm as lambs! They seemed struck with amazement bordering on stupefaction; they stared and stood speechless; and, after they had fallen back to right and left to leave him a free passage, they were as motionless as statues! They assembled with the full purpose to destroy the man who came to show them the way of salvation; but he, passing through the midst of them, went his way. Was not the God of missionaries in this work? The next Lord's day, the missionary went to the same place, and again proclaimed the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world!"