22 The people were amazed at his teaching, for he taught with real authority—quite unlike the teachers of religious law.

23 Suddenly, a man in the synagogue who was possessed by an evil[a] spirit cried out, 24 “Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:23 Greek unclean; also in 1:26, 27.

22 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.(A) 23 Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, 24 “What do you want with us,(B) Jesus of Nazareth?(C) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”(D)

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