Luke 20:2
and spoke to him, saying: Tell us by what authority you do these things? or, who is he that gave you this authority?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he answered and said to them: I also will ask you one thing, and do you answer me.
Cross References
Matthew 21:23And after he had come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority do you these things? And who gave you this authority?
Luke 19:35And they brought him to Jesus, and threw their mantles upon the colt, and set Jesus on him.
John 2:18Then answered the Jews and said to him: What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?
Acts 4:7And when they had made them stand in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name have you done this?
Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent as a ruler and as a redeemer, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
Matthew Henry on Luke 20:2-9
Christ's Enemies Nonplussed. 1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, 2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? 3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If… Read the whole commentary →