Mat 7:28-29 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Matt 7:28-29: 7:28-29 Jesus began teaching only his disciples (5:1 ), but crowds had followed up the mountainside as well. • Unlike the teachers of religious law , whose authority was derived from the Scriptures they quoted or from the teachings of previous scholars, Jesus taught with real —that is, direct— authority . He quoted Scripture in the Sermon, but his teaching was based on his own authority as the Messiah.

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‏ Matthew 7:28-29

Summary for Matt 7:28-29: 7:28-29 ^a Jesus began teaching only his disciples (5:1 ^b), but crowds had followed up the mountainside as well.

• Unlike the teachers of religious law, whose authority was derived from the Scriptures they quoted or from the teachings of previous scholars, Jesus taught with real—that is, direct—authority. He quoted Scripture in the Sermon, but his teaching was based on his own authority as the Messiah.