“Never man spake like this man” (John 7:46).
I once owned a book with the wonderful title of 657 of the Best Things Ever Said. It would not surprise you to know that most of those famous quotes are just plain silly.
As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it surely must be true that the list of “best things ever said” is also arbitrary. Depends on who’s speaking.
With one exception.
Literally hundreds of millions of people across this world agree with the judgement of those early temple soldiers that “No one ever spoke like Jesus.”
Our Lord spoke a solid one thousand mind boggling things never heard before on Planet Earth, all of them surprising and wonderful and memorable. And, let’s be honest, many who heard Jesus also found His words provocative, offensive, and even blasphemous.
When Jesus stood to preach, no one was bored.
May I direct your attention to Matthew chapter 11, verses 21 through 30? Now, Matthew 11 is pure gold. A mother-lode for sure. This treasure trove deserves far more attention than it has usually received.