The Life Of Jesus Christ In Its Historical Connexion

Had Jesus been trained in the Jewish seminaries, [80] his opponents would, doubtless, have reproached him with the arrogance of setting up for master where he himself had been a pupil. But, on the contrary, we find that they censured him for attempting to explain the Scriptures without having enjoyed the advantages of the schools (John, vii., 15). His first appearance as a teacher in the synagogue at Nazareth caused even greater surprise, as he was known there, not as one learned in the Law, but rather as a carpenter's son, who had, perhaps, himself worked at his father's trade. [81] The general impression of his discourses every where was, that they contained totally different materials from those furnished by the theological schools (Matt., vii., 29).