2And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
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Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? …
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? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In this passage of story nothing is added here to what we had in the other evangelists; but only in the Luke 20:1; where we are told, I. That he was now teaching the people in the temple , and preaching the gospel . Note, Christ was a preacher of his own gospel. He not only purchased the salvation for us, but published it to us, which is a great confirmation of the truth of the gospel, and gives a…
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