Hometown

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

…his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.

Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”

Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.