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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 13:56

“From where then has this man all these things?”

So if what was said about Him was true, from where had He obtained all these things that people were speaking about? It just could not be true. Note how in the next incident with Herod, Herod also learns of rumours about Jesus and comments erroneously on them (Matthew 14:2). Thus there is a general misinterpretation of the evidence by all. Compare also the crowds and the Pharisees in Matthew 9:33; Matthew 12:23. There too there is a general air of misunderstanding, as we saw in Matthew 13:10. The only ones who really know the truth (and even they still somewhat dimly) are His wider group of disciples. If the truth about Him is to be known it must come from God (Matthew 13:16; Matthew 11:27).

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