Reacting to how Jesus taught

Matthew records three reactions of the crowd as to how Jesus taught. They felt amazed, they witnessed how He taught with authority and they could see He taught differently than the scribes (Matthew 7:28, 29). Their emotional response could have been because they were very surprised Jesus would say such things in a speech. They were astonished, maybe even “blown away,” by how direct He was with His information. Possibly hearing the tone of His voice and observing the confidence displaye