GOSPEL READING Mk 1:21-28
The usual teachers were the scribes and the priests. They were the educated ones (learned ones of that time. It is said that there were only three percentages of the people who could read and write at that time). Sometimes the Pharisees (the self appointed scrupulous guardians of the traditions) also taught. These teachers always based their arguments on the authority of Moses and the Rabbis.
Jesus also taught them. He did not base his teaching authority on Moses and other Rabbis. He taught on his own authority. He was the fulfillment of the scriptures. He was the word made flesh (“Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”). The authority came from the fulfillment of the scriptures in him.
மறைநூல் அறிஞர்களும் குருக்களும் இறைவார்த்தையை போதித்து வந்தார்கள். அவர்கள் மோசே> ரபிகளின் மரபுகளையும் கொண்டு விளக்கங்கள் கொடுத்தார்கள். இயேசு தன் வாழ்க்கையை கொண்டே போதித்தார் (‘நீங்கள் கேட்ட இந்த மறைநூல் வாக்கு இன்று நிறைவேறிற்று”). இதுதான் அவருக்கு இருந்த அதிகாரம் (நிறைவேறிய வார்த்தை).
