The people were utterly amazed at His teaching, for He was teaching them as one who possessed inherent authority, not like the scribes who merely quoted other rabbis and traditions.
The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
OJBAnd they were astounded at Moshiachʼs torah (teaching), for he was teaching them as one having samchut, and not as the Sofrim.
TCENTThe people were astonished at his teaching, because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.
T4TThey were continually amazed at the way he taught. He did not just teach what others had taught, like the men who teach the Jewish laws did. They habitually just repeated what other people had taught. Instead, he taught with his own authority.