Mark 1:22
The people listened with amazement to His teaching--for there was authority about it: it was very different from that of the Scribes--
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
21So they came to Capernaum, and on the next Sabbath He went to the synagogue and began to teach.
23when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out:
Cross References
Matthew 13:54And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, and these wondrous powers?
Mark 7:3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews--being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders--never eat without first carefully washing their hands,
Luke 21:15for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to withstand or reply to.
Acts 6:10They were quite unable, however, to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
2 Corinthians 4:2Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. But by a full clear statement of the truth we strive to commend ourselves in the presence of God to every human conscience.
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:15-23
The Opening of Christ's Ministry. 14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsook their nets,… Read the whole commentary →