They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 1:22 in context
Mark 1:19–25
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Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
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Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
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They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
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They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
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Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
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saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!”
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Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”
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