Luke 20:2
They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
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In Context
3He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
Cross References
Matthew 21:23When he 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? Who gave you this authority?”
Luke 19:35Then they brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt and sat Jesus on them.
John 2:18The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”
Acts 4:7When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
Acts 7:35“This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand 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 →