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Mark 1:22 KJV
Mark · chapter 1 · verse 22
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.Mark 1:22 · King James Version
Mark 1:22 in context
20And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
21And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
22And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- astonishedekplēssōto strike out, expel by a blow, drive out or away, to cast off by a blow, to drive out…G1605 →
- authorityexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- doctrinedidachēteaching, that which is taught, doctrine, teaching, concerning something, the act of…G1322 →
- taughtdidaskōto teach, to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic…G1321 →
- taughtēnI was, etcG2258 →
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Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching in Galilee. John gives an account of his preaching in Judea, before this (ch. 2 and 3), which the other evangelists had omitted, who chiefly relate what occurred in Galilee, because that was least known at Jerusalem. Observe, 1. When Jesus began to preach in Galilee;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-22