It is quite significant that Mark begins his record of the events in Galilee by pointing out that they went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. (Mark 1:21)
The people were profoundly impressed on this occasion, not so much it would seem by what Jesus said, as by the way in which he said it.
The scribes, to whom they ordinarily listened, found their authority in the traditions of the elders. Jesus spoke as one who, himself, was the authority. They felt keenly that, of a truth, he know whereof he spoke.
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