It seems strange that they would question Jesus, until we realize how often we ask such questions.
Rarely do we accept what another tells us, merely because they tell us. We live in world were research must lie behind everything that we are told and taught.
Jesus had no authority, by any of the measures familiar to the people whom he encountered. He had not been to rabbinical school and he had no credentials from a learned teacher. We have come to accept him and his teachings, but how were those who met him during his earthly life to have seen him the way we see him in our day?
By what authority? We still ask this of those who speak. We do not want to be lead astray or be taken as fools.
This is one of the reasons why it is difficult to speak of God and God's word for our day. We are still being asked whether the news we share has authority and is dependable.
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