To be amazed is to be surprised and astounded by something. Jesus was very surprised that the people of his home village were so unwilling to listen to him. These people knew him well; they would have known that he is someone who cares deeply for people. His actions and words would have demonstrated that. Yet the people refused to listen to him. This is remarkable because it shows the hardness of people’s hearts. Even though all the evidence around them, namely, Jesus’ miracles and teaching, testified to the fact that he really was who he said he was (God’s King; the Son of Man), the people are unwilling to believe him because they can’t get around the fact that he works as a carpenter and is no different from any of them (in appearance at least).
6 And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.