Word
of God
But
he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone
that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of
God
The
Gospel According to Matthew 4:4
The
Gospel According to Mark 1:22
Commentary
and study notes by
Matthew
Henry and John Gill
Edited/Prefaced
by Dr. Riktor Von Zhades
And
they were astonied at his doctrine, for he taught them as one that
had authority, and not as the Scribes.
Brethren:
It is in The Gospel
of Luke that we read how Jesus, when Mary and Joeseph sought him that
He was found in the synogue speaking to the elders and others. And
they were amazed at his command of the the Holy Scriptures. So
likewise we see above that when he spoke He spoke with authority. As
one with complete command and knowledge of that of which he had to
say.
It is therefore the
proposition that is put forth by this writer that the key here is the
word “authority”. Whence comes this authority? It comes from the
Father Who sends His Holy Spirit. Recall if you will how Jesus also
said that we should not worry as to what to say at any moment in time
for the Holy Spirit will tell you what you need to say. We are imbued
with it from the day we accept Christ as savior and are reborn.
Henceforth let us speak upon that of which we know, that is to say
the Gospel of Christ, the good news of the Kingdom of Heaven, and let
us be bold in our speech, and speak with the authority that God has
given unto to us - Dr. R.V.Z
“Christ...did not
preach as the scribes, who expounded the law of Moses by rote, as a
school-boy says his lesson, but were neither acquaintedwith it (Paul
himself, when a Pharisee, was ignorant of the law), nor affected with
it; it came not from the heart, and therefore came not with
authority. But Christ taught as one that had authority, as one that
knew the mind of God, and was commissioned to declare it”. -
Matthew Henry - Theologian
“The nature and
importance of it, it being what they had not been used to hear; only
at best the doctrine of the law, and sometimes only the traditions of
the elders, or an allegorical and traditional sense of the
Scriptures, and things very trifling and unedifying: and also they
were amazed at the manner of his preaching, which was with so much
gracefulness, gravity, and majesty, and was attended with so much
evidence and power. He did not go about to establish what he said by
the authority of the Rabbins, as the Scribes did, nay, he spoke as
from himself, as one sent of God, that had an authority from him, and
was independent of man; and this was what they had not observed in
others, and wonder at it.” - John Gill - Theologian
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