Matthew 7:29
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
KJV
ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν.
Greek NT
Erat enim docens eos sicut potestatem habens, et non sicut scribæ eorum, et pharisæi.
Vulgate
for he taught them asonehaving authority, and not as their scribes.
ASV
For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γραμματεύς
grammateus
noun · 64×
διδάσκω
didasko
verb · 97×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἐξουσία
exousia
noun · 102×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: αὐτῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτῶν
- αὐτῶν — SBLGNT
- αὐτῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§581The Jewish people and their spiritual leaders viewed Jesus as a rabbi.340 He often argued within the framework of rabbinical interpretation of the Law.341 Yet Jesus could not help but offend the teachers of the Law, for he was not content to propose his interpretation alongside theirs but taught the people "as one who had authority, and not as their scribes".342 In Jesus, the s…
2. But say in a word only, and my servant shall be healed. See this man also, how, like the leper, he has the right opinion touching Him. For neither did this one say, entreat, nor did he say, pray, and beseech, but command only. And then from fear lest out of modesty He refuse, he says, For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this man, go, a…
1. Perhaps we seemed to you the other day needlessly hard upon you and burdensome, using too sharp language, and extending too far our reproaches against the sluggishness of the many. Now if we had done this merely from a desire to vex you, each of you would with cause have been angry; but if, looking to your advantage, we neglected in our speech what might gratify you, if you …
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w
- Deut 18:18 — I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
- Heb 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug
- Isa 50:4 — The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned
- Luke 20:8 — And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
- Mark 7:5 — Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
- Matt 2:4 — And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
- Mic 3:8 — But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
- Titus 2:15 — These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.