Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For he taught them as one having authority—The word "one," which our translators have here inserted, only weakens the statement.
and not as the scribes—The consciousness of divine authority, as Lawgiver, Expounder and Judge, so beamed through His teaching, that the scribes teaching could not but appear drivelling in such a light.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Matthew 7:29:
Isaiah 50:4
Matthew 7:27
Mark 1:22
1 Corinthians 2:4
1 Timothy 3:16
James 1:22
1 Peter 4:11
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