With Authority!

With AUTHORITY, that is how Jesus speaks. Much different from any past prophet or king. Jesus has command over nature (ch8), death (ch9), and His disciples (ch10). There are quite a few miracles performed in chs 8-9 that are more fully unpacked in Luke and John. Ch10 has some real meat as Jesus authorizes his disciples and sends them out. Note in 10:38 his reference to "taking up your cross daily"...incredible prediction of his death. That is a challenge for us each day, to take up our cross and follow him. Never mind what the world will throw at us, Jesus has the authority and power to overcome. Ch10:28 makes this point very clear. Finally in ch11, Jesus verifies John the Baptist as the prophecized front runner to the Messiah (ch11:10) as noted in Malachi 4:5. Jesus is the ONE!