All of them were amazed, so that they were questioning one another and saying, “What is this new teaching, that with authority he even rebukes unclean spirits, and they obey him?”
This verse shows the people’s amazement that Christ’s teaching and deeds fully correspond to one another. His word is not an empty idea, but a living power that has authority even over demonic forces. The people understand that there is something new here—not a novelty of human wisdom, but a revelation of divine authority. Yet their question is not yet complete faith; it is the stage of amazement and searching. This verse reminds us that before Christ a person cannot remain indifferent. His presence moves a person to ask, to reflect, and to choose—whether to accept His authority as salvation or to reject it.