Matthew Chapter 7, Verse 29
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29: ην γαρ διδασκων αυτους ως εξουσιαν εχων και ουχ ως οι γραμματεις
29: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the
scribes.
29: For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the
scribes and Pharisees.
As one having authority, and not as the Scribes. The scribes were the learned men and teachers of the Jewish nation, and were principally Pharisees. They taught chiefly the sentiments of their rabbins, and the traditions which had been delivered; they consumed much of their time in useless disputes, "vain jangling." Jesus was open, plain, grave, useful; delivering truth as became the oracles of God; not spending his time in trifling disputes, and debating questions of no importance; but confirming his doctrine by miracles and argument; teaching as having power, as it is in the original, and not in the vain and foolish manner of the Jewish doctors. He showed that he had authority to explain, enforce, and change the ceremonial laws of the Jews. He came with authority such as no man could have, and it is not remarkable that his explanations astonished them.
