Matthew 21:27

And they answered, saying to him, We know not: Jeshu saith to them, Also I tell not you by what authority I do these (things).

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

In Context

26And if we shall say, From men, we fear from the crowd; for all have regarded Juchanon as a prophet.

28BUT how doth appear to you? a certain man had two sons; and he came to the elder, and said to him, My son, go to-day work in the vinery.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:14Leave them: they are blind leaders of the blind; but if a blind man shall lead a blind man, both shall fall into the ditch.

Matthew 23:16Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, That who sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but if he swear by the gold which is in the temple, he is liable!

John 9:30Answered the man and said to them, At this then we must wonder, that you know not from whence he is, and (yet) mine eyes he hath opened!

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 →

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