No matter what Jesus did, he would always pray to his father in heaven first (god), and because he would have the string of god he could teach anyone who would listen with authority and clarity and with power that would even make some men fall to there knees and tremble.
The synagogue was a public space. It wasn't like entering a modern church that has chairs or pews that fill the space, and room just for one teacher or preacher at the front. Lots of people might mill about in the synagogue, because it was a safe space, a moral space, a cool space during midday when things were hot in or near the desert, etc. In many ways, the synagogue was the center of social life: Jesus disrupted the moneychangers in the synagogue, but we should be left thinking not just that they should not have been there but also... what?? there were moneychangers who WERE there? Yes, there were. People would have bought and sold things on synagogue premises. They would have prayed there several times a day. You can sit on the floor and pray, you can discuss theological issues, you can buy bread, you can discuss who married whom, etc.
In this kind of space, there were probably study groups. Jesus walked in and started one. He taught, and people listened. The people were probably already there. He must have spoken with very great authority indeed, but anybody could have done that if others were interested in what they were saying.
That's the context. Hope it answers your question!
Well other than the fact that He too was Jewish and is often referred to in scripture as "one who was seen and heard" to teach as ONE WITH AUTHORITY....
Just as a catholic enters a catholic church, a baptist a baptist church, and any other christian enters their house of worship and if they confidently began speaking, teaching, preaching to those in attendance because of their "authority" people sit up and take notice.
Christ being the Son of God and Messiah I think probably had quite a profound presence about Him I imagine....
From a Muslim perspective:
Jesus didn't come to deny all the Jews beliefs back then. he came to Denice and correct the corruption , additions or subtractions from the essence of the faith that some religious leaders did to the original texts (from Moses and the other prophets before and after him).and obviously , he was far more smarter than all of those religious leaders. that's why he was allowed to teach first. but since he became a threat to their interests and profits from their wrong preaching.they hated him. also,they were expecting the messiah to be a strong man, a warrior (like king-messenger- David, and his son Salomon) to save them from the roman occupation and bring back their strength as a nation. but Jesus came with words of Love, strength in the faith, devotion to God, chastity, purity of the soul...etc (no offense to Judaism and Jews). just imagine Jesus preaching now days. i bet he would be hated more than in those days.because people have gone so far away from the right path that it would be very difficult for them to follow what he would teach. look around and you'll surely understand.
The Power and Authority that was in him was the same which made the world and all things there in.
Mt 28:18 -
And Yahshua came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Ro 13:1 -
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of Messiah: the powers that be are ordained of Yahweh.
Therefore they MUST! obey or be SUBJECT..... and they could have no power over him, less it be given from ABOVE, which was he, who was from above.
Joh 19:11 -
Yahshua answered, Thou could est have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Philo, an ancient Jewish writer, tells us that synagogues had a name. They were called "houses of instruction." They were called "houses of instruction." And that is exactly what they were for. They were for the teaching of God's Word. They weren't for the teaching of anything else, they were for the teaching of the Law, the Torah, the prophets, the hafts and the holy writings, the Hagiographa, as it's often called, sacred writings, all of the Old Testament. That was what they were for. They were houses of instruction and perfect places for Jesus to teach. The Old Testament would be read there and it would be ex posited there by someone who could explain its meaning.
They did not have a full-time pastor. They did not have a full-time rabbi. They did not have a full-time teacher, as such. In fact, in a local town there would be perhaps a number of men in the town who could teach and do the preaching and the sermon and they would take turns doing that. And should a local teacher of some qualification or suitability or note come through town, he would always be invited to be the guest teacher. The people would welcome that. This was known as what's called in history "the freedom of the synagogue...the freedom of the synagogue." It was a policy that developed early in synagogue life to allow for various teachers, and the ruler had the responsibility to determine who that teacher would be.
Jesus was commonly known as "teacher." He was called teacher, He was called rabbi. In Matthew you have the great Sermon on the Mount, or better, the Sermon on Salvation in Matthew 5, 6, and 7. And when it was done, the Jewish people said, "He teaches as one having authority, not like the scribes and Pharisees." He was a teacher but His teaching was unique because He didn't have to quote anybody. He didn't have any footnotes in His sermons, He just took the Word of God which, of course, was His own Word, and taught it with power and explained it with clarity. He was a teacher. And you can read in Mark and you can read in John and you'll always see the priority of His ministry is teaching. And that is the important matter, to be teaching the truth, the miracles were simply to draw attention to the fact that He was from God, that He was the Messiah, that He was God in human flesh, but it was His message that was always the priority.
Now this becomes another thing that God in His wonderful providence has brought about so that when Jesus begins to teach, all the synagogues that He would go to were operating on the basis of quote/unquote the freedom of the synagogue and they gave over their sermon to any visiting rabbi which was perfect because no matter where Jesus went, He was a well-known teacher and rabbi and it gave Him immense opportunities to teach. Everywhere there were ready-made venues for Him to teach and preach the gospel, to announce the good news that came from His lips.
Being taught by the Father, his truth proceeded him, and when he spoke, the truth proceeded him and the spirits of men, having not ever heard such speaking were amazed, and listened, though many understood him not.
How was Jesus able to enter the synagogues and teach with authority?
