teaching! He even gives orders to unclean spirits with authority."As we have said, it appears that those present viewed Jesus as acting primarily and legitimately to prevent further disturbance of the synagogue service, and accepted the other aspects of the healing as accidental. We shall see, ...
teaching! He even gives orders to unclean spirits with authority."As we have said, it appears that those present viewed Jesus as acting primarily and legitimately to prevent further disturbance of the synagogue service, and accepted the other aspects of the healing as accidental. We shall see, ...
32 And they were astounded at his teaching, because ⌊he spoke⌋j with authority. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon,k and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Ha! ⌊Leave us alone⌋,l Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to ...
“We have the mind of Christ,” Paul said, and both in the Epistles and the Gospels we may seek and find the teaching of Jesus.[2] It is, however, with the teaching of Jesus as it is recorded in the Gospels that, in these chapters, we are mainly concerned. We come, therefore to...
20 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. 2 “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this author...
the authority of the tradition he has received. It’s not just the charisma of his person or the clarity of his words—though surely those things left their impression as well. It is that he speakson his own authority. He doesn’t couch his teaching in terms of “here is what the rab...
27 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.” 28 News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee. Jesus Heals Many 29 As soon as they left ...
The phrase begins with the authority of Jesus, the central figure of the New Testament. The Greek word used here is "eipen," which means "said" or "declared." This emphasizes the authoritative teaching of Jesus, who is not merely offering advice but is issuing a command. In the context...
Maybe Jesus lied when he said he was God. Perhaps he knew he was not God, but deliberately deceived his hearers to give authority to his teaching. But there is a problem with this reasoning. Even those who deny his deity will say that they think Jesus was a great moral teacher. They...
Yet the problem then comes as to how that authority is to be perceived, especially when varied claims are made as to human possession of God’s authority. I would suggest that claims, moral teaching, and example all need careful consideration, and claims made to speak with God’s authority...