Matthew 21:27
Then they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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In Context
26But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd, because they all view John as a prophet.”
Cross References
Isaiah 28:9To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? 1 To those who are weaned from milk or to those just taken from the breasts? 1
Isaiah 42:19Who is blind but my servant? Or deaf like my messenger I send? 1 Who is as blind as my covenant partner, or blind as Yahweh's servant? 1
Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in heaven knows the right times; and the doves, swifts, and cranes. 1 They go on their migrations at the right time, but my people do not know Yahweh's decrees. 1
Matthew 15:14Let them alone, they are blind guides. If a blind person guides another blind person, both will fall into a pit.”
Matthew 23:16Woe to you, you blind guides, you who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound to his oath.'
John 9:30The man answered and said to them, “This is remarkable, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:24-28
Christ Questioned as to His Authority. 23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we… Read the whole commentary →