⁴⁶ “We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guards responded.

²⁸ When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, ²⁹ for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.

²² Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

²⁶ But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him. Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah?