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English translation: one is never a prophet in one's own land / country
| 11:08 Jun 27, 2020 |
| Polish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / powiedzenia | |||||
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it is truly difficult to be a prophet in one's own land Explanation: it is truly difficult to be a prophet in one's own land -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2020-06-27 11:22:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It is indeed difficult to be a prophet in one's own land. |
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8 mins confidence:
No one is a prophet in one's own country/It is most difficult to be a prophet in one's own country. Explanation: First is the English idiom; second is the direct translation. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2020-06-27 11:23:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- See https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-no-one-is-a-pro... Luke 4:24 New International Version (NIV) 24 “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke 4:24&versi... cccccc In explaining why he must continuously travel, he references Luke 4:24 and writes “no-one is a prophet in one's own country, so much so that even He was not https://books.google.com/books?id=iqpCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=P... |
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18 mins confidence:
one is never a prophet in one's own land / country Explanation: It is a strange and sad truism that one is never a prophet in one's own country and this applied in recent years to Jonas Salk, writes Professor J. S. Oxford. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dr-jonas-... More: https://tinyurl.com/y7cs4qjx |
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11 hrs confidence:
no prophet is accepted in his home town Explanation: A prophet’s uncompromising truthfulness was both utterly confronting and utterly ego-deflating. It follows that the closer in both time and space resigned humans were to an unresigned prophet the more difficult it was for those humans to acknowledge the prophet’s essential difference. Christ suffered from this problem. To quote from the Bible, ‘Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honour in his own country’ (John 4:44). Christ also said ‘no prophet is accepted in his home town’ (Luke 4:16-30), and ‘Only in his home town and in his own house is a prophet without honour’ (Matt. 13:54-57), and ‘Jesus left there and went to his home town…When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked…Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James…Jesus said to them, “Only in his home town, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honour.”…he was amazed at their lack of faith’ (Mark 6:1-6) - https://www.humancondition.com/asid-prophets-without-honour-... |
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21 hrs confidence:
No one is a prophet in their own land. Explanation: - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 hrs (2020-06-28 08:59:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- To nie jest tlumaczenie "słowo w słowo'. Jesli preferowane jest bardziej dosłowne tłumaczenie, proponowałbym: "Being a prophet in one's own land is never easy'.https://www.bridgeportdiocese.org/being-a-prophet-in-ones-ow... https://www.thrivingonpurpose.com/no-one-is-a-prophet-in-their-own-land/ |
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