For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
He taught them like someone who actually had the authority to say what he was saying, not like the religious teachers who just quoted other people all the time.
Jesus spoke with real authority, not like someone just repeating what they heard in seminary.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century, Jewish scribes were religious teachers who relied on interpretations of the Old Testament Law and citations from earlier rabbis, often speaking with borrowed authority rather than personal conviction. Jesus, during His Sermon on the Mount as recorded in Matthew's Gospel, taught the crowds with a divine authority that stemmed from His identity as the Son of God, which made His message stand out as fresh and commanding. This contrast highlighted the revolutionary nature of Jesus' ministry in a culture where religious teaching was typically cautious and derivative.
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