Luke 20:2
They spoke, saying to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is who gave you this authority.”
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3He answered and said to them, “I will also ask you a question, and you tell me.
Cross References
Matthew 21:23When Jesus had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority do you do these things, and who gave you this authority?”
Luke 19:35They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their cloaks upon the colt and set Jesus on it.
John 2:18Then the Jewish authorities responded and said to him, “What sign will you show us, since you are doing these things?”
Acts 4:7When they had set Peter and John in their midst, they asked them, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
Acts 7:35This Moses whom they rejected, when they said, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'—he was the one whom God sent as both a ruler and deliverer. God sent him by the hand of the angel who appeared to Moses 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 →