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Gill's Exposition
And they were astonished at his doctrine,.... At the matter of it, as well as the manner in which it was delivered, it being so different from the Scribes and Pharisees, they had been used to:
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Adam Clarke
His word was with power - Εν εξουσιᾳ, With authority. He assumed the tone and manner of a new Lawgiver; and uttered all his doctrines, not in the way of exhortation or advice, but in the form of…
When Christ was expelled Nazareth, he came to Capernaum, another city of Galilee. The account we have in these verses of his preaching and miracles there we had before, Mar 1:21, etc. Observe,
I. His…
Cambridge Bible
they were astonished The word expresses more sudden and vehement astonishment than the more deeply seated -amaze" of Luk 4:36.
at his doctrine Rather, at His teaching, referring here to the mannerHe…
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