Spoke with authority
When the religious rulers taught, they quoted the teaching of their teachers. They debated each other, one school against the other, ever increasing the tomes of religious opinion concerning the scripture. When Jesus taught, he taught with authority [1] [2]
They marveled at the teaching of Jesus because he had not been taught. Many scholars take the position that Jesus must have been under the tutelage of a a rabbi; some suggesting even that of John the Baptist. The latter is nonsensical since John was only a few months older than Jesus. But Jesus said that his training was from God. [3] [4]
References
- ↑ Mt 7:29 For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes.
- ↑ Mr 1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
- ↑ Joh 7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? [{letters: or, learning }] Joh 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. Joh 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.
- ↑ Joh 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.