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but Jesus is predicting that they will,
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so that's another theme here that Luke is playing on.
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Notice the other thing, what happens when Jesus does this?
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He's rejected by his own people.
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So another theme of Luke and Acts is
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true prophets get rejected by their own people.
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A prophet in his own country is not accepted.
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Jesus is a great Prophet like Elijah and Elisha,
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he's not accepted in his own country,
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he's rejected, and the Gentile mission happens
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after the rejection by the Jews.
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That's going to be a theme that we'll see over and over in Acts;