as one having authority] Not coldly, as the scribes; but boldly, as having authority from God, Titus 2:15. Or, not as the scribes, vouching for authors of their sayings, and what they taught, some Samea, and some Hillel, and the like; but delivering what he spake as divine oracles, 1 Corinthians 2:4. 1 Pet. 4. 11. Or, not as subject, but as a king in his own kingdom: and therefore he saith, Ye have heard, But I say, chap. 5. 21, 22, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 43, 44.