The preaching of Jesus in His hometown of Nazareth and His rejection by His "home-folks," "comprise one of the most arresting features of the entire Lukan portrayal of the public ministry" of Jesus. - Stonehouse. Luke begins his account of Jesus' ministry in Galilee by setting Jesus' preaching in Nazareth at the very beginning of his narrative, "as the first concrete report of the message of Jesus and of the impact which He made upon His hearers." - Stonehouse. He did this deliberately to set forth for his readers the leading motifs of His Gospel, and of the early preaching and teaching of Jesus.