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 will recall that when <b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">at the outset of his ministry the Lord spoke in 
the synagogue at Capernaum</span></b>, what first got the attention of the crowd 
was not what he said but the manner in which he said it. What did they 
notice? “The people were astonished at his teaching, for <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>he taught them 
as one having authority and not as the scribes.”</b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">We
 might miss this, but the relevant point is that rabbis and scribes 
taught through appeal to authorities beyond themselves, ultimately to 
the authority of Moses. But Jesus did not speak in this manner; rather, 
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>he spoke with </b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">exousia</span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> (authority). </b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">What
 is being implied is that <b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the Word, which spoke to <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">Moses,</span> and through <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">
Moses</span> to<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> every other teacher</span> in Israel, is now speaking on his own 
authority</span></b>. Don’t believe those who say that the divinity of Jesus is 
affirmed only in the prologue of the Gospel of John<b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">. This passage<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">is, 
</span></b>for a Jewish audience<b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">, just as clear an affirmation of Jesus’ divinity 
as John’s “the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among </span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">us. </span></b></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>  <br></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b><font size="4"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,255)">Dicsőség az Atyának, a Fiúnak és a Szentléleknek most és mindörökké. Ámen.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></span></font></b></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_8393307165477446596m_8758480313364492853DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><table style="border-top:1px solid rgb(211,212,222)"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:rgb(65,66,78);font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Vírusmentes.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" style="color:rgb(68,83,234)" target="_blank">www.avg.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="#m_8393307165477446596_m_8758480313364492853_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div></div>
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