Matthew 7:28

28 Jesus finished saying all these things. The crowds were amazed at his teaching.

Matthew 7:28 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 7:28

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings,
&c.] Delivered in this, and the two foregoing chapters, concerning true happiness; the duty and usefulness of Gospel ministers; the true sense and meaning of several commandments in the law; concerning alms, prayer, and fasting; concerning the care of worldly things, rash judging, rigid censures, and reproofs; the straitness and narrowness of the way to eternal life, and the largeness and breadth of the way to destruction; concerning false prophets, and the right hearing of the word.

The people were astonished at his doctrine;
it being something new, and unheard of, what they had not been used to; and coming in the demonstration of the Spirit, and of power, it carried its own evidence along with it, wrought conviction in their minds, and obliged them to acknowledge the truth of it.

Matthew 7:28 In-Context

26 "But everyone who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man. He builds his house on sand.

27 The rain comes down. The water rises. The winds blow and beat against that house. And it falls with a loud crash."

28 Jesus finished saying all these things. The crowds were amazed at his teaching.

29 He taught like one who had authority. He did not speak like their teachers of the law.