And they were astonished at His doctrine, for His Word was spoken with authority. (Lk 4:32)
καὶ ἐξεπλήσσοντο ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ ἦν ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ.
Et stupebant in doctrina eius, quia in potestate erat sermo ipsius.
From the beginning, St. Luke focuses our attention on the power and beauty of God’s Word. Today, he emphasizes the dynamism of God’s Word. What Jesus says and how He says evokes a reaction of amazement. The audience was struck with amazement. Maybe that’s why when someone shares the experience of reading the Holy Scripture, he says that he was “struck” by a sentence, a thought. Indeed, the words of Jesus carry within them the power of His Spirit. They are, as the Evangelist writes, en exusia, that is, in what is of the essence of the Son of God, the Messiah.
