Matthew 7:29

Matthew 7:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
• New International Version (NIV)because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.
• New King James Version (NKJV)for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
• New Living Translation (NLT)for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.

Context of Matthew 7:29

27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it." 28And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

Matthew 7:29 word by word

ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• heεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• taughtδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• havingἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• authorityἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the scribesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the scribesγραμματεύςgrammateus · scribeG1122

Cross-references for Matthew 7:29

• Matthew 5:20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 21:23And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
• Matthew 28:18And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
• Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
• Ecclesiastes 8:4For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, "What are you doing?"
• Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
• Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord.
• Micah 3:8But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
• Luke 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
• Acts 3:22Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.
• Acts 6:10But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
• Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• Matthew 15:1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
• Matthew 23:2"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
• Mark 7:5And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"
• Luke 20:8And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

Commentaries on Matthew 7:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Having authority - They felt a commanding power and authority in his word, i.e. his doctrine. His statements were perspicuous; his exhortations persuasive; his doctrine sound and rational; and his arguments irresistible. These they never felt in the trifling teachings of their most celebrated doctors, who consumed their own time, and that of their disciples and hearers, with frivolous cases of conscience, ridiculous distinctions, and puerile splittings of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 Christ here shows that it will not be enough to own him for our Master, only in word and tongue. It is necessary to our happiness that we believe in Christ, that we repent of sin, that we live a holy life, that we love one another. This is his will, even our sanctification. Let us take heed of resting in outward privileges and doings, lest we deceive ourselves, and perish eternally, as multitudes do, with a lie in our right hand. Let every…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-29At first, Jesus began teaching only his disciples (Matthew 5:1). But large crowds soon followed him up the mountainside. The teachers of religious law based their authority on Scripture they quoted or on the traditions of earlier scholars. In contrast, Jesus taught with direct authority. He did quote Scripture in the Sermon on the Mount. Yet his words carried the weight of his own authority as the Messiah (God’s chosen one).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. For he taught them as one having authority--The word "one," which our translators have here inserted, only weakens the statement. and not as the scribes--The consciousness of divine authority, as Lawgiver, Expounder and Judge, so beamed through His teaching, that the scribes' teaching could not but appear drivelling in such a light.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 7:29

• Commandments
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Commentaries on Matthew 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings