Charles Ellicott Commentary Mark 1:22

"And they were astonished at his teaching: For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes." — Mark 1:22 (ASV)

And they were astonished.—The verbal agreement with Matthew 7:28 (see the note on that verse) suggests that St. Mark had heard or read that passage. For “doctrine” read teaching. Stress is laid, as in Matthew 7:28, on the manner rather than the thing taught.