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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_7:28-29
28When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Mat_7:28 "When Jesus had finished these words" Matthew used this phrase to close several of the major sections in his Gospel (cf. Mat_7:28; Mat_11:1; Mat_13:53; Mat_19:1; Mat_26:1). They form one possible outline of the book.
▣ "the crowds were amazed at His teaching" Jesus' teachings were so different from the scribes. He based His authority not on previous teachers, but on Himself. This aspect of Jesus' authority is a characteristic of the Gospel of Matthew (cf. Mat_8:9; Mat_9:6; Mat_9:8; Mat_10:1; Mat_21:23-24; Mat_21:27; Mat_28:18). Jesus claimed the place of both the promised Messiah (i.e., the new Moses or new law-giver) and the eschatological Judge.
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