Mar 1:22 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 22. As one that had authority ] From God, to do what he was doing; and to teach a pure and beneficent system of truth. And not as the scribes. ] Who had no such authority, and whose teaching was not accompanied by the power of God to the souls of the people: 1. because the matter of the teaching did not come from God; and 2. because the teachers themselves were not commissioned by the Most High. .

‏ Mark 1:22

Verse 22. As one that had authority] From God, to do what he was doing; and to teach a pure and beneficent system of truth.

And not as the scribes.] Who had no such authority, and whose teaching was not accompanied by the power of God to the souls of the people: 1. because the matter of the teaching did not come from God; and 2. because the teachers themselves were not commissioned by the Most High. See Clarke on Mt 7:28.