And they were astonished. — The verbal agreement with Matthew 7:28 (where see Note) suggests the thought that St. Mark had heard or read that passage. For “doctrine” read teaching. Stress is laid, as in Matthew 7:28, on the manner rather than the thing taught.
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Mark 1:22
22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.