 They despised the weakness through which God was delighted to work. Be astonished and believe. Look at the astonishment of the unbelieving crowd in Nazareth. In Mark 6, verse 2, they were astonished first at the source of Jesus' teaching and his works. It says, And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing him were astonished, saying, Where did this man get these things?