Luke 20:2
together with the Elders, and they asked Him, "Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?"
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
3"I also will put a question to you, "He said;
Cross References
Matthew 21:23He entered the Temple; and while He was teaching, the High Priests and the Elders of the people came to Him and asked Him, "By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you this authority?"
Luke 19:35Then they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their outer garments on the colt they placed Jesus on it.
John 2:18So the Jews asked Him, "What proof of your authority do you exhibit to us, seeing that you do these things?"
Acts 4:7So they made the Apostles stand in the centre, and demanded of them, "By what power or in what name have you done this?"
Acts 7:35"The Moses whom they rejected, asking him, `Who appointed you magistrate and judge?' --that same Moses we find God sending as a magistrate and a deliverer by the help 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 →