How did Jesus come to speak in the synogogue (Luke 4) when He had never attended Rabbinical Schools?

"How did Jesus come to speak in the synogogue (Luke 4) when He had never attended Rabbinical Schools?

John 7:15 shows us it was public knowledge that Jesus had not learned letters. This was their way of saying that they knew Jesus had not attended the Rabbinical Schools in order to be qualified as a Rabbi- and thus to formally teach. Can any one declare how someone deemed unqualified would be given such permission to teach in a synogogue?"

Can you declare how you know this formal rabbinical training was an absolute and universal requirement, if it was a requirement at all, for one to be "qualified" to teach in a synagogue?

The synagogue leader probably knew He was a popular and respected itinerant teacher, and may even have heard stories about the skill and knowledge He'd displayed about 18 years earlier at the Temple.

"As it was- when He DID speak- they were in so much DISbelief that they threw Him out and hoped to throw Him off a cliff."

My understanding is that it was common for guest speakers to be invited to teach and to give their own interpretations, so long as they supported them with Scripture. Discussion and debate were accepted, if not encouraged. However, interpretations that challenged deeply held traditions could, and in this case did, provoke passionate response.

This event was very early in Jesus' ministry and the negative opinions of Jewish LEADERSHIP had not solidified. It seems that Jesus was perceived as a threat to the "leaders of the Jews," but not the "general population."

Nazareth (Galilee in general) seemed to be less formal than Judea/Jerusalem.

There may not have even been a "rabbi" present. The "chief of the synagogue" was the person who selected speakers.

"stand and teach?" That was not the practice. Luke 4:16&20 speak of Jesus STANDING to read and SITTING to teach. This WAS the common practice in the synagogue.

Grela: Isaiah is not part of the Torah, which refers specifically the "Five Books of Moses."

Hi... Mary was Jesus' teacher. Kinda like home schooling He was reading and studying all the time either from his mom or His Father in Heaven. He spent an awful lot of time with Him. He knew WHO he was so I'm sure he talked to some teachers here and there to talked of scripture. Jews did that a lot in those days. In fact the men did it all the time..He knew his Bible. When He would go into the synagogue He would start to talk and because his word were so more filled with wisdom that the scribes were in awe. He was always welcome to speak,Some listened and were amazed as others grumbled bit because they couldn't catch him in any lies. They did not know where He got so wise either. He had the best Teacher....as He got older He then would speak more on the mountain sides..more room and less Hassle from the priest.In the synagogue if you spoke and it was interesting and you had something to say you were heard. It was not so easy later on in his Preaching..the priest were out to kill him so he had to be very careful where he taught.Love inChrist Miss leslie

My understanding of "teaching" in this sense is that it is more like a public discussion. People - almost exclusively men, met in the synagogues, or near the synagogues, and talked about religious matters. As often happens in group discussions, one person might end up dominating the conversation.

Sometimes that is because the person is merely loud and aggressive. Other times, a person might dominate a conversation because that person is so interesting and knowledgeable that other people start directing questions at that person. They listen attentively because the answers are insightful and interesting. In this way, one person might end up being in the role of "teacher" even though that person has no formal authority, appointment or credentials.

I think Jesus was listened to as a teacher because He impressed people with His intellect and real-world grasp of theological ideas. Jesus showed people that He knew how to apply God's laws to real life. It was, in fact, the genuineness of His lectures and speeches that provoked some people to hate Him.

Jesus told the truth, and I think most people recognized that. Those who loved the truth also loved Jesus, but those who hated the truth also hated Jesus because He made their lies and phoniness obvious to everyone listening.

There is little evidence in The Bible or elsewhere about how Jesus lived and what He did between the ages of about 12 years and 30 years. It is possible that Jesus had some significant formal education, but I've never heard or read of any record of that. I think it would be typical to at least read and recite scripture, since that would be part of what any pious Jewish parents would teach their children.

Even if Jesus had no more formal training in scripture and law than the average devout Jew, His perfect genuineness and sincerity in understanding and applying that information would have made Him a very impressive speaker. I think He probably was regarded as a teacher because of His insightful questions, comments, and brief lectures, even if He did not have any formal credentials that would normally justify someone as a rabbi. Jesus was justified in the role by His perfect understanding.

I am Roman Catholic.

Peace be with you.

EDIT: Not all people reacted to Jesus with disbelief. Many of the common people readily saw that He taught accurately and with clear mastery of the law and tradition. Many of the most learned of the Jews also knew Jesus was correct, wise, and entirely sincere. Some of those pharisees were very threatened by Jesus because they had been perverting and corrupting both scripture and tradition to make life easy on themselves at the expense of the general population of Jews.

It was only the corrupt and devious among the pharisees who wanted "to throw Him off a cliff", and they wanted to get rid of Jesus because so many other people recognized that Jesus was teaching the Truth. Many people believed Jesus almost from the start of His public teaching. If no one believed or started to follow Jesus, the pharisees likely would have ignored Him as a harmless nuisance.

It's kind of self explanatory if you ask me. Jesus didn't have to go to a school to learn all that he needed to know. He already knew everything, he is God.There is a part in the bible where Mary and Joseph had no idea where Jesus was until they found him in a temple teaching. At that time, Jesus was still a young kid.

I think that the Jews probably wanted to see how much he knew about their faith and that there was no blasphemy whatsoever. There were some who already knew who he was and that he was the Messiah.

Luke 4:18 Jesus said "The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives..." Jesus is God. Read John 1:1-3. He is the Creator. He did not need permission to do anything. I can't wait until He comes back! He loves you and died for your sin so you can get forgiven. Heaven is a gift from God paid by Jesus' death. Read Romans 6:23 And John 3:16-21.

It says it in Luke:

16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias.....

A man does not have to be a rabbi to read from the Torah. What those assembled did not like was what Jesus said afterword, that the verse he read was 'that day fulfilled'.

Any Jew can speak in a synagogue; there's nothing that says a knowledgeable Jew can't teach or lead services, up to and including marrying people.

Jesus was the Torah made flesh, He knew all the Word since He was the Word. Seems to me like he was pretty qualified.

there were no Rabbis back then? Jesus was the first one?

(I'm guessing here, but when He was in Nazareth, He opened the scrolls and read the scripture in front of His hometown crowd, who promptly tossed Him out.)

And He was of the line of David, so could Kings enter the Sanctuary?