Jesus allowed the crowd to drive Him out of town and to the brow of the hillside near where Nazareth stood. Later He allowed another crowd to drive Him out of Jerusalem and nail Him to a cross. However this was not the time for Him to die, and Nazareth was not the place. Luke did not give the details whereby He escaped His neighbors" wrath. We need not suppose that His deliverance came through some supernatural act or intervention. The description of His escape does picture Jesus in sovereign control of the situation, however. [source][source][source]
This pattern of violent Jewish rejection continued and mounted through Jesus" ministry. It is significant that it began at the start of His ministry because of a revelation of God"s desire to bless His people. [source][source][source]
"Thus in the first scene in the narrative of Jesus" mission, Jesus announces "words of grace" but encounters the violent rejection which prophets can expect in their homeland. The good news which Jesus preaches is already shadowed by a conflict that will persist to the end of Acts." [1][source]
"The visit to Nazareth was in many respects decisive. It presented by anticipation an epitome of the history of the Christ. He came to His own, and His own received Him not. The first time He taught in the Synagogue, as the first time He taught in the Temple, they cast Him out. On the one and the other occasion, they questioned His authority, and they asked for a "sign." In both instances, the power which they challenged was, indeed, claimed by Christ, but its display, in the manner which they expected, refused. The analogy seems to extend even farther-and if a misrepresentation of what Jesus had said when purifying the Temple formed the ground of the final false charge against Him ( Matthew 26:60-61), the taunt of the Nazarenes: "Physician, heal thyself!" found an echo in the mocking cry, as He hung on the Cross: "He saved others, Himself He cannot save." ( Matthew 27:40-42)" [2][source]
"In all this we have a commentary on the third temptation. The people tried to put Jesus into the position Satan had suggested. But He did not let them." [3][source]
"It is important to appreciate how central good teaching is to ministry. In an era when feelings and interpersonal relationships are high on the agenda, it is wise to reflect on why Jesus spent so much time instructing people." [4][source]