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CHAPTER TREE

JESUS’ METHODOLOGY OF USING VARIOUS COMMUNICATIVE

TECHNIQUES

As One with Authority

Biblical Witness on Jesus’ Authority
1
One of the characteristics of Jesus’ preaching is his authority. The Synoptic writers regard

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Jesus’ exousia, a Greek term for authority, as “one of the key themes” of his ministry. When
the first three books of New Testament introduced Jesus’ public ministry, they started with the

depiction of Jesus’ proclaiming the Kingdom of God and the subsequent response of amazement

among the people at his authority.

When Mark witnesses Jesus’ preaching in the synagogue of Capernaum, he comments on the

amazement of the listeners: “They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one

1
Albert Richmond Bond, The Master Preacher: A Study of The Homiletics of Jesus (New
York: American Track Society, 1910), 201. Hengel, Charismatic Leader, 67.

2
R. L. Hatchett, “The Authority of the Bible,” in Biblical Hermeneutics: A
Comprehensive Introduction to Interpreting Scripture, 2d ed. eds. Bruce Corley, Steve W. Lemke,
and Grant I. Lovejoy (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2002), 194.