Luke 4:32

32 And they were astounded at his teaching, because {he spoke} with authority.

Luke 4:32 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 4:32

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:

for his word was with power:
he spake with great fervency, majesty, and authority, and not with coldness and indifference, and dependence on the sense and authority of others, as their teachers did; and besides, such power went along with the word, that it reached their hearts; and as the Persic version renders it, "he penetrated them with it"; and he also confirmed it by powerful operations, by miraculous works, such as casting out devils, and healing diseases, of which an account follows.

Luke 4:32 In-Context

30 But he passed through their midst [and] went on his way.

31 And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.

32 And they were astounded at his teaching, because {he spoke} with authority.

33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

34 "Ha! {Leave us alone}, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "his word was"