They were astonished (εξεπλησσοντο). Pictorial imperfect as in Lu 4:32 describing the amazement of the audience, "meaning strictly…

He taught them as one that had authority, and so on. See Barnes on Matthew 7:29.

And they were astonished.—The verbal agreement with Matthew 7:28 (see the note on that verse) suggests that St. Mark had …

He did not do as the scribes did, who made a great parade of learning by quoting this Rabbi and the other, but Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I s…

Pseudo-Jerome: Mark, arranging the sayings of the Gospel as he understood them, not in their actual order, leaves the …

While we are not told what Jesus said in the synagogue, the congregation reacted with amazement to his message. Jesus did not have to quote the aut…

This demoniac was probably one of that multitude mentioned a little earlier in Matthew 4:24. Yet the narrative of Mark and Luke is not superfluous,…

And they were astonished at his doctrine
The nature and importance of it, it being what they had not been used to he…

Jesus began to preach in Galilee after John was put in prison. If some are laid aside, others will be raised up to carry on the same work. Observe …