He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
Now in those days they had rights of exorcism. I mean, they would go through a ceremony that you wouldn't believe. Gaze over that person with that unclean, and they would use sometimes a gold ring, and go through this whole long routine and rigmarole to exorcise the unclean spirits. And it was really a heavy-duty thing. And here Jesus is just speaking to them, and commanding them, and they are coming out. And they are saying, "Hey, wait a minute. What is going on here? What kind of word of authority is this that He can just speak to them and they are obedient to Him?"