Luke 20:2
They asked him, “Tell us: by whose authority are you doing what you do? Who gave you the right to do this?”
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3“Let me ask you a question too,” Jesus replied. “Tell me:
Cross References
Matthew 21:23Jesus went into the Temple. The chief priests and the ruling elders of the people came to him while he was teaching and asked, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority?”
Luke 19:35They brought the colt to Jesus. Then they threw their cloaks over it, and sat Jesus on its back.
John 2:18The Jewish leaders reacted, asking him, “What right do you have to do this? Show us some miraculous sign to prove it!”
Acts 4:7They brought Peter and John before them and asked, “By what power or by whose authority have you done this?”
Acts 7:35This was the same Moses that the people had rejected when they said, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ God sent him to be both a ruler and a liberator, by means of the angel who 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 →