⁴⁶ “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”^(A) the guards replied.

²⁸ When Jesus had finished saying these things,^(A) the crowds were amazed at his teaching,^{(B) 29} because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.

²² All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.^(A)

²⁶ Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities^(A) really concluded that he is the Messiah?^(B)