Jesus then went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, "Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God!" Jesus rebuked him and said, "Be quiet! Come out of him!" Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. They were all amazed and said to one another, "What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out." And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region. (Lk 4:31-37)
Jesus was like anyone of the Jews. On a Sabbath he went into the synagogue and he was teaching the people. So far so good. He behaved like anyone of them and he was one of them and one among them. He was a Jew. The early days of his life were just like anyone of the Jews. Probably that was the reason why none of the evangelists said anything about his earlier days.
The situation began to change when he started to teach them. People realized that he was teaching them with authority. People have seen many teachers. There were many teachers among them. But Jesus was different. Right from the beginning of his public ministry, especially that of the teaching ministry, they saw him to be a different teacher.
Not only the people saw him to be different, but also the demon saw him to be different. They saw him to be a man of power. He had power over them (evil spirits) and exercised his power for the good of the people. He cast the demons out of the people without disturbing the people. There was power in his words. His words were spoken with authority and they had power in them.
